Electric household appliance with the following features: a housing; a mains plug, which comprises at least one electric contact pin on an end face, wherein the mains plug is embodied to supply the electric household appliance with electrical energy essentially for consumption by the electric household appliance during normal use; a mains cable connected to the mains plug, wherein the mains cable is connected hereto by way of a section of the mains plug, so that the mains cable is connected to the mains plug at an angle of substantially 90° with respect to an orientation of the at least one contact pin; a holder for the mains plug in the housing which is arranged offset toward an interior of the electric household appliance with respect to an outer contour of the housing, on a housing side which is concealed under normal operating conditions, and which is embodied such that the mains plug with the end face can be introduced forward into the holder, and wherein the holder for the mains plug is embodied in order to receive the section of the mains plug; a storage compartment for the mains cable connected to the mains plug; and a clamping structure, which is embodied to clamp the mains cable connected to the mains plug such that in the inserted state the mains plug is fixed in the holder, characterised in that the storage compartment and the holder are coupled to one another such that the mains cable does not project beyond the housing of the household appliance if the mains plug is in the inserted state, and that the storage compartment and the holder are coupled to one another through a recess in a corresponding separating wall or through a corresponding recess or opening. a housing; a mains plug, which comprises at least one electric contact pin on an end face, wherein the mains plug is embodied to supply the electric household appliance with electrical energy essentially for consumption by the electric household appliance during normal use; a mains cable connected to the mains plug, wherein the mains cable is connected hereto by way of a section of the mains plug, so that the mains cable is connected to the mains plug at an angle of substantially 90° with respect to an orientation of the at least one contact pin; a holder for the mains plug in the housing which is arranged offset toward an interior of the electric household appliance with respect to an outer contour of the housing, on a housing side which is concealed under normal operating conditions, and which is embodied such that the mains plug with the end face can be introduced forward into the holder, and wherein the holder for the mains plug is embodied in order to receive the section of the mains plug; a storage compartment for the mains cable connected to the mains plug; and a clamping structure, which is embodied to clamp the mains cable connected to the mains plug such that in the inserted state the mains plug is fixed in the holder, characterised in that the storage compartment and the holder are coupled to one another such that the mains cable does not project beyond the housing of the household appliance if the mains plug is in the inserted state, and that the storage compartment and the holder are coupled to one another through a recess in a corresponding separating wall or through a corresponding recess or opening.