Party planning

My 3.5 kg self was born on the 8th of January 1981, at 5.08 AM. So now, inevitably, my 25th birthday is coming up. I absolutely love to celebrate my birthday, I think it is the best day of the year. Now, not so much as previously when I was younger, but still this day is very important for me.

As odd as the 25 is, it is still considered surprisingly even when it comes to number of years old. Upcoming year 2006, my birthday will be on a sunday. To celebrate the occasion, I have decided to invite people over all day before my birthday, i.e. on saturday the 7th. After lunchtime, my relatives will come over and have coffee and birthday cake. Or rather, birthday cakes. I have decided to make them 4 different birthday cakes; Key-lime pie, Exotic dessert cake (sponge-y with mango cover), pineapple pie, and cheese cake with raspberry sauce. There will also be various fresh fruit bits; melon, mango, pineapple etc. My hope is that my relatives will be able to have at least a thin slice of each cake, but the cakes being so 'fresh' and non-heavy, so the guests won't feel totally tummy-swollen when they leave. There will also be tender biscottis (harder nut cakes), truffles with roasted hazelnut/orange peel/clementine juice, and of course coffee and teas.

In the evening, my friends will come over. They will be served another birthday cake, a princess-type cake. Normally these princess cakes are very fatty and heavy when you buy them in the stores, with at least 50 % of the volume being whipped cream. I will make my version much nicer though. I will put less cream on the cake, and also a low-fat cream, so people can eat more. I am quite sure there will be left-overs from the afternoon too, so if someone is really in a cake-mood, they can continue on that track. The others will be served beer, wine, champagne, drinks (margaritas, moscow mules, gin&tonic) and snacks for the rest of the evening. And if some stay very late (which I hope), there will be night-food served, so they don't have to leave hungry. But I say the risk of anyone leaving my party is rather slim. Or what do you think? Any suggestions for me? I want this party to be absolutely perfect!

And of course, there will be red balloons, they make me happy.