Had lunch at Wild Coco with Eunice and Eva yesterday. Baked them each a small lemon yogurt cake. It used to be one of my mother's favourites but she has now forgotten about it completely. Dementia can turn out to be a good thing because there would come a point when everything you come across is new and exciting. My mum's most common phrase in recent years: "I've never eaten this before in my life!"
Yesterday she wanted to know why I was putting orange zest in the batter. When I informed her it was lemon zest she asked, "But isn't lemon green in colour?"
This morning, I baked a second batch of cake. Mum asked, "Is that orange you're using?!" When she tasted it her comment was, "It is VERY GOOD! Adding orange is a brilliant idea."
"I used to make this cake quite often. Don't you remember?" I asked.
As I expected, "I've never had this before in my entire life!" was her response.
