yule log

• Pastel o postre tradicional navideño en forma de tronco, a menudo de bizcocho de chocolate enrollado con crema o crema de mantequilla, o un gran tronco de leña que se quemaba tradicionalmente en la chimenea durante la temporada navideña.

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.

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   • 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.

   tronco de Navidad

   • 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.