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Ice Cream Cake: frequently asked questions

Short answers to the questions people search most about Ice Cream Cake, each with its sources.

Is Ice Cream Cake indica or sativa?

An indica-dominant hybrid. Leafly calls it indica-dominant and mostly calming, Weedmaps lists it as an indica, AllBud and Zamnesia give 75% indica, and Barney’s Farm’s seed version is 70% indica.1,2,3,4,5

What strain is Ice Cream Cake?

A cross of Wedding Cake and Gelato #33 bred by Seed Junky Genetics in Los Angeles. Mad Scientist Genetics sells a different Ice Cream Cake, a cross of Cheesecake and Dream Cookie.1,2,6,7

Who created Ice Cream Cake?

Seed Junky Genetics, the Los Angeles breeder led by JBeezy that also bred Wedding Cake; Leafly News, High Times and SeedFinder all credit Seed Junky.6,7,8,9

How much THC is in Ice Cream Cake?

The median is 22.17% across 2,489 state lab tests; half of all results fall between 19.85% and 24.70%.10 Leafly lists 22%, AllBud 20–25% and Weedmaps 20–28%.1,2,3

What terpenes are in Ice Cream Cake?

By median, β-caryophyllene 0.41%, limonene 0.41%, β-myrcene 0.24% (percent by weight), with the first two almost level.10 Leafly lists caryophyllene, limonene and linalool.1

Does Ice Cream Cake have CBD?

Almost none: 1,104 of the 1,777 tests that reported CBD found none, and 1 reached 1% or more.10

What does Ice Cream Cake taste like?

Mostly vanilla and sweet cream, with butter and a peppery or nutty edge: Leafly lists vanilla, butter and pepper, Weedmaps users most often report sweet, vanilla and berry, and AllBud lists cheesy, creamy, nutty and sweet.1,2,3

Does Ice Cream Cake make you sleepy?

Sleepy is the top effect Leafly users report, ahead of relaxed and hungry, and Leafly rates it mostly calming. Weedmaps and SeedFinder describe a euphoric or uplifting start before the relaxation.1,2,8

Is Ice Cream Cake the same as Gelato Cake?

Not as Leafly files them: Gelato Cake has its own page, although Leafly gives it the same two parents, Gelato #33 and Wedding Cake, and the same top three effects.1,11

What is the difference between Ice Cream Cake and Wedding Cake?

Wedding Cake is one of Ice Cream Cake’s parents: Seed Junky’s Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, crossed with Gelato #33 to make Ice Cream Cake. Leafly users rate Wedding Cake relaxed, aroused and hungry, and Ice Cream Cake sleepy, relaxed and hungry.1,12,13

What is Ice Cream Cake #2 or #5?

The numbers are not explained by the sellers we found. Theory Wellness sells an Ice Cream Cake #2 that it describes as Seed Junky’s Gelato 33 × Wedding Cake.14 Products labelled with a number, 146 of the 2,489 tests, sit inside our count, because our matching reads a number such as "#5" as a lot or batch code: 102 carry "#5", all from Michigan, and 21 "#2". The labels do not say whether a number marks a phenotype.10

What is Larry Cake?

Another name for Ice Cream Cake: Leafly’s Larry Cake page describes a Gelato #33 × Wedding Cake selection that Freddy’s Fuego in Washington pheno-hunted from Seed Junky seeds, “also known as Ice Cream Cake”. Weedmaps lists Cake’n Cream as another name.2,15

How long does Ice Cream Cake take to flower?

About 8–9 weeks per Leafly and Zamnesia, about 56 days per Weedmaps, and 55–65 days for Barney’s Farm’s seed version. Leafly recommends it for intermediate and advanced growers.1,2,4,5

Is there more than one Ice Cream Cake?

Yes. High Times noted in 2019 that several strains go by the name. Besides Seed Junky’s cross, Mad Scientist Genetics bred an Ice Cream Cake from Cheesecake and Dream Cookie that won first place for indica at the 2018 IC 420 Growers Cup, and SeedFinder lists nine breeders’ versions.2,9,16,17

Sources

  1. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Weedmaps, Ice Cream Cake (aka Cake’n Cream) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Ice Cream Cake marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Zamnesia, Ice Cream Cake (Zamnesia Seeds) feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Barney’s Farm, Ice Cream Cake (feminized seeds). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 8 cannabis cultivars trending up in 2021 (David Downs) (2021-01-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leaf Nation, Fire Follower: Seed Junky Genetics brings sexy Wedding Cake back (David Downs) (2026-08-03). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. SeedFinder, Ice Cream Cake (Seed Junky Genetics): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Leafly, Gelato Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  12. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  13. Leafly, Top 12 Wedding Cake strains of all time (Matt Jackson) (2024-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  14. Theory Wellness, Ice Cream Cake #2 strain. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  15. Leafly, Larry Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  16. SeedFinder, Ice Cream Cake (Mad Scientist Genetics): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  17. SeedFinder, All Ice Cream Cake strains. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.