Angela Becksvoort had to make plans for the wedding day.
Not her wedding, or that of a family member or close friend, but the April 29 wedding of the future king of England, Prince William, to Kate Middleton.
Becksvoort, the owner of the English Rose Tea Room on Market Street, said she debated closing for the day but instead decided to create a special dessert in honor of the wedding. It’s a version of the nontraditional groom’s cake that is, reportedly, a favorite of both William and Queen Elizabeth II.
“We’ve gotten an awful lot of questions about it: What are we doing? Are we excited?” Becksvoort said.
She said the tea room has been selling lots of royal wedding memorabilia china, which pictures the couple, along with the wedding date and their names, William and Catherine, as the palace prefers to address Middleton.