I am new to this site and new to making cakes. My husband and I would like to make a cake for our soon to be two year old using fondant. Do you need to use a certain type of cake or what is the best homemade should you use? We are doing Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. Of course we are buying a regular cake but my husband wants to try to make a mickey mouse. For her first birthday we made a tent for Jojo circus clown. I made a homemade cake from a fondant cake book (will not name) ckae was very very very dry. What can i do? 
The White Almond Sour Cream (WASC) 
is awsome. Just cut the recipe in half. If you don't like almond, use a different flavor. I use it for everything. It is a sturdy enough cake to handle fondant. Because it has sourcream in it, it is very moist. It is posted here on CC.
Mary
Here's the expanded flavors WASC cake recipe:
http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4
(Using a DH white cake mix this makes a tad over 14 cups of batter.)
(You can change the extracts, change the flavor of the cake mix, add white chocolate, use liquor/liqueur or berry/lemon juices, add strawberries or raspberries and more.)
Here are all four Wilton cake preparation and serving charts:
(Shows how much batter needed by pan size, how long to bake at what temp. and more. Also gives servings by pan size.)
http://www.wilton.com/cake/cakeprep/baking/times/index.cfm
Here's a thread on making a stacked/tiered cake:
(But has info on making fondant, filling cake, baking, hints, tips, recipes and more.)
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-2258141-.html
HTH
I'd use marshmallow fondant. It tastes great and performs well.
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