

The Cake General is a warm and funny, but also a bit sad story based on true events. In the mid-80s, Jan Guillou proclaims Köping to be Sweden's most boring town. While the countryside is stunned and the whole country laughs, the somewhat drunk handyman Hasse P (Mikael Persbrandt) decides to disprove the Stockholmsjævlene. His idea is as far-fetched as it may be brilliant. He intends to make the world's longest "smörgåstårta" and thus get Köping (and himself) into the Guinness Book of Records. But the road to the record will not be as easy as he had thought.