How can I make a cake recipe yield a moister cake?

How can I make a cake recipe yield a moister cake?
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I am not the baker, but I do have a chocolate cake recipe that calls for sour cream and it comes out very moist, it uses the usual dry and wet ingredients but I think its that extra oomph of sour cream that gives it the moistness!
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