im looking to start making cakes from scratch and so far, i have not liked any that i have done. does anyone have a great recipe that they can share with me? I would love to say that the cake i made was made from scratch and not a box mix. I already have the buttercream mastered but now i need a good cake recipe. Thank you to anyone who can help me in advanced.

Ummmm, if you haven't liked any of the scratch cakes you've made.... Perhaps you need to refine your scratch cake making techniques.

Some cake troubleshooting charts:

http://tinyurl.com/2p5bdu

http://tinyurl.com/6c745g

Helpful baking from scratch website:

www.joyofbaking.com

Seven Professional Secrets for Baking a Great Cake:

http://tinyurl.com/2fxvuv

How to make a good scratch cake (help):

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-365153-.html

CC member recommended scratch cake recipes:
(Not found in CC recipes section.)

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-440803-.html

And if you would like to try a great "doctored" cake mix recipe, I'd recommend the many flavor variations of the WASC cake.

Here's the expanded flavors recipe:

http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4

To me, this is the perfect combination of box reliability with a more homemade taste.

You might also find "Everything you wanted to know about making your first tiered cake" thread helpful:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-5958955-.html

HTH