According to the official Tomte Cake website, Miranda Tompkins claims a conversation about gingerbread houses inspired her to create the Tomte Cake. Talking with a fellow mother about holiday traditions, they realized they loved making gingerbread cakes, but the mess and taste of the original product left them cold. They talked about how creating a mini cake pan might be a good idea instead of soldering together big chunks of gingerbread. The friend suggested that a picture book explaining the cake’s purpose might be a good idea. Tompkins later came up with an idea, scribbling the story down on the back cover of her daughter’s coloring book. A year later — after searching for a manufacturer to help her produce high-quality pans — the Tomte Cake became a reality.
Tompkins may have also been partially inspired by an old folktale. In Swedish and other European traditions, a tomte or tomten are gnomes or house elves who are strongly associated with yuletide and the Christmas season. They are guardians of the homes and barns where they live and dedicate themselves to protecting and assisting the people who dwell there. But it’s never wise to mess with a tomte, who will do anything from playing a prank on an unsuspecting human victim to violently turning on the livestock they’re supposed to protect if they feel insulted.
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