The sweet flavors, apparently comes from the East. It was spread by the moors all over the world. Before sugar processed from sugar cane, the Arabs left in Portugal the heritage of honey-based sweets, that can be considered the oldest intrinsically sweet substance ever known.

The manufacture of brown sugar bricks began in the 16th century on the Spanish-owned Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The product was exported to all of Spanish America in the 17th century during the period of great sugarcane expansion.

Roll Cake, a type of Swiss roll with thin layers of a local version of sponge cake, is a Brazilian dessert that originated in Pernambuco, and was officially recognised as a cultural and immaterial patrimony of the State, in 2007, through Law Ordinate nº. 379.