Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — Yule Cakes. [ARTICLE]

Yule Cakes.

Yule dough, a kind of baby or little image intended to represent the child Jesus, made of paste, was formerly baked at Christmas and presented by bakers to their customers “in the same manner as the chandlers gave candles.” They are still called Yule cakes in the county of Durham, England.