Niels Agger is a baker frustrated by life. His cake factory is on the brink of ruin and his numerous suicide attempts have failed. His wife, Else, tries to modernise the family-held factory with the help of her daughter and her blasé boyfriend with a new business strategy: Healthy weight-loss cakes. Niels is anything but enthusiastic about this concept and is much more interested in the new cleaning lady Zeinab who introduces him to her culture and calorie-rich confectionary. This satirical comedy addresses universal themes of family, health mania and culture clashes.