One of the fun things about baking two house-shaped cakes is seeing how differently they can turn out even when they start from the same design.
Choose opposite color palettes
Make one house classic red and green and the other snowy white and silver, or let each child choose a completely different palette.
Assign different themes
Try a candy cottage versus a woodland cabin, a bright kids' house versus a traditional Christmas house, or neat lines versus maximum sprinkles.
Use different textures
One cake can use smooth frosting while the other uses swirls, peaks, powdered sugar, or layered candy.
Turn it into storytelling
Because The Tomte Cake bakes two cakes at a time, each house can have its own name, story, and decorating personality. The final reveal becomes more interesting when both cakes feel like separate little worlds.
For Tomte Cake baking, use the official recipe as your primary guide and let the family fun build around it.