diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
index 3d5d8cf41..a43ebf085 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
@@ -438,4 +438,11 @@ public interface CassandraOperations {
 	 */
 	void ingest(String cql, Object[][] rows);
 
+	/**
+	 * Delete all rows in the table
+	 * 
+	 * @param tableName
+	 */
+	void truncate(String tableName);
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
index cf4c3f20e..a9f3a5987 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSetFuture;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.exceptions.DriverException;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.QueryBuilder;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.Truncate;
 
 /**
  * <b>This is the Central class in the Cassandra core package.</b> It simplifies the use of Cassandra and helps to avoid
@@ -185,6 +187,8 @@ public class CassandraTemplate extends CassandraAccessor implements CassandraOpe
 	 */
 	protected ResultSet doExecute(final String cql) {
 
+		logger.info(cql);
+
 		return doExecute(new SessionCallback<ResultSet>() {
 
 			@Override
@@ -616,4 +620,13 @@ public class CassandraTemplate extends CassandraAccessor implements CassandraOpe
 
 		});
 	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.cassandra.core.CassandraOperations#truncate(java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void truncate(String tableName) throws DataAccessException {
+		Truncate truncate = QueryBuilder.truncate(tableName);
+		doExecute(truncate.getQueryString());
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
index 12c7c9e39..b41e852e5 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.cassandra.support;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
 public class CassandraAccessor implements InitializingBean {
 
 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
-	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	protected final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
 	private Session session;
 
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
index 72ad7057e..38a367981 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 		</encoder>
 	</appender>
 
-	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="debug" />
+	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="info" />
+    <logger name="org.springframework.data.cassandra" level="info" />
 
 	<root level="warn">
 		<appender-ref ref="console" />
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j-embedded-cassandra.properties b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j-embedded-cassandra.properties
index 6e2ec3286..3984b4c0c 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j-embedded-cassandra.properties
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j-embedded-cassandra.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.cassandra=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.springframework.data.cassandra=INFO
-
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 6e2ec3286..3984b4c0c 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.cassandra=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.springframework.data.cassandra=INFO
-
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
index 72ad7057e..38a367981 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 		</encoder>
 	</appender>
 
-	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="debug" />
+	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="info" />
+    <logger name="org.springframework.data.cassandra" level="info" />
 
 	<root level="warn">
 		<appender-ref ref="console" />