Vanilla Cake Confessions

I love to bake but there are some things I just can't seem to master, like cookies or candy thermometers, but I am determined to find a good vanilla cake recipe. I have a few great chocolate cake recipes, which I'll share with you eventually, but I just haven't found a great vanilla/white/yellow/butter cake. My plan is to go through all the recipes the internet tells me to until I find the perfect one. I have tried the Magnolia bakery one and the Hummingbird bakery one (they are basically the same) and they both yielded dry cupcakes that tasted too much like a biscuit or cornbread and I tried one from allrecipes that was just an oily mess. Today I'm working on this one from sweetapolita. Any suggestions would be appreciated!