Cake recipes are my happy place, whether it’s a showstopper layer cake or a cozy loaf you slice straight off the counter. A few I come back to constantly: my Layered Marble Cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting, a wildly underrated Brazilian Carrot Cake with chocolate glaze, and a Beet Chocolate Cake that nobody believes has beets in it. Every one of these has been tested until it was reliably moist, so you’re not gambling on a dry crumb.