yule log

• Sobremesa natalina tradicional em forma de tronco, geralmente feita de pão de ló ou bolo de chocolate enrolado com creme ou recheio de manteiga; também o grande tronco de madeira que tradicionalmente se queimava na lareira durante o período natalino.

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.

   tronco de Natal

   • 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 Natal

   • 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.