I am looking for a versatile cake recipe that I can use for cakes that are carved as well as tiered cakes (it needs to be firm enough to hold while stacked). I would love something that stays moist as well. I have tried many recipe's and I havent quite found that perfect one yet.

Any help?

Hi and Welcome on your 1st post, TreeV.

Everything you need to know to make, decorate and assemble tiered/stacked/layer cakes:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-605188-.html

Above superthread has popular CC recipes for American buttercreams, several types of fondant and doctored cake mix (WASC and flavor variations).

CC member contributed scratch cake recipes:
(Includes "moist".)

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

HTH