what is the best cake recipe to use for a fondant iced cake? I read that box cake mixes are not dense enough? any advice?. thanks

Hi and Welcome,

The White Almond Sour Cream Cake is a doctored cake mix - which provides homemade taste and texture with box mix reliability:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2322-White-Almond-Sour-Cream-Cake.html

Here's a list of acronyms:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html

HTH

Welcome to CC!!! I use cake mixes all the time and have never had any trouble with fondant! I like to doctor them up a bit like JanH said! There are so many great ideas on here, I would suggest going to the search engine and spending some time there! Here is a really helpful forum

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-117141.html

JanH rocks!!!! Here is a link she send me a while ago for a denser cake!!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1972-Durable-Cake-for-3D-and-Wedding-Cakes.html

I really like to add an extra egg, a 1/2 cup of sour cream and a box of pudding! Only use the box of pudding if you are using DH (Duncan Hines) cause Betty Crocker already has pudding in it! Hope this helps!

Lisa