I had never heard of this until our daughter married a portugese fella. He asked if I would like to make some pastries/cookies to add to the table that his mother and sisters would like to do at the reception. I said sure; to make sure our family was represented with goodies. I gathered a couple girlfriends and we baked about 3 weeks before the wedding. And yes there was cake too ! So once this was started I then had to carry it on for the next two weddings of our children -- LOL with no help from the other side of the family...LOL didn't matter to me I love to cook and bake.