How to prevent food absorbing smells from other food? I want to bake cakes to take into work tomorrow. But I also have a broccoli and half an onion that need eating soon, and was thinking of having broccoli and sausages with onion for dinner. Is there a way of baking the cakes and cooking the dinner on the same evening without the cakes absorbing broccoli/ onion smell, or do these activities need to be done on different days? Which is it better to cook first?

Possibly relevant information about this specific situation (though I think more general answers would be better):


There is an extractor fan which can be used if necessary (though it's very noisy and annoying).
The cakes would be cupcakes/butterfly buns with buttercream.
I prefer to do the sausages and onions in the oven rather than the frying pan, but don't have to.
To people saying it's not an issue... um.. yes it bloody is! If I cook a smelly oniony meal in the oven and then bake cake or something in it (even the next) it absolutely absorbs smells and really ruins it!