When Matti opens the oven door just a little too soon, out pops cheeky little Gingerbread Baby instead of the gingerbread boy he was expecting. Eluding all efforts to catch him, the flat, becandied baby is chased around the village and into the countryside. He mercilessly taunts Matti's parents, a cat, the milk and cheese man, goats, villagers, a fox, and more.

In a less traumatic twist on the classic Gingerbread Boy story, this Gingerbread Baby even outfoxes the fox. Matti makes sure this naughty but appealing little one ends up right where he belongs.