How do you pin the version of Cake being used?

See Pinning Cake Version.

How do you pin the version of an Addin being used?

See Pinning Addin Version.

How do you pin the version of a Tool being used?

See Pinning Tool Version.

How do you pin the version of a Module being used?

See Pinning Module Version.

How do you enable a different verbosity for logging within Cake?

This has been answered on a Stack Overflow question.