yule log

• Традиционное рождественское пирожное или десерт в форме полена, часто из шоколадного бисквита, свернутого с кремом или масляным кремом, или большое полено, которое традиционно сжигали в камине во время рождественского сезона.

A traditional Christmas cake or dessert shaped like a log, often made of chocolate sponge cake rolled with cream or buttercream, or a large log of wood traditionally burned in the hearth during the Christmas season.

1. Christmas cakeB1formal

   A traditional Christmas dessert shaped like a log, made of sponge cake rolled with cream or chocolate filling and covered in chocolate icing to resemble bark.

   Рождественское полено

   • For dessert, we served a delicious yule log with chocolate frosting.
   • She baked a yule log for the Christmas party.
   • The yule log was decorated with meringue mushrooms and powdered sugar.

2. Traditional Christmas logB2formalbritish

   A large log traditionally burned in the hearth on Christmas Eve as part of ancient winter solstice celebrations.

   Рождественское полено

   • The family gathered around the fireplace to burn the yule log.
   • In olden times, the yule log was kept burning for twelve days.
   • The tradition of the yule log dates back to pagan times.