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Comparison

Ice Cream Cake vs Granddaddy Purple

Leafly users give the two the same top three effects, sleepy, relaxed and hungry, yet their published lineages share no parent: Granddaddy Purple is an indica cross of Mendo Purps, Skunk and Afghanistan genetics popularized by Ken Estes in 2003, and Ice Cream Cake a dessert-era cross from Seed Junky.1,2,3 Granddaddy Purple tests lower in state labs: 17.87% median THC against 22.17% for Ice Cream Cake.4

Side by side

Ice Cream CakeGranddaddy Purple
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid per Leafly; indica per Weedmaps2,5Indica; mostly calming1
LineageWedding Cake × Gelato #33, Seed Junky Genetics2,6Mendo Purps × Skunk × Afghanistan; popularized by Ken Estes, 20031
Median THC (state lab tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)17.87% (512 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.85%–24.70%15.00%–21.55%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene (55 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry2Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FlavorVanilla, butter, pepper2Grape, berry, violet1
Leafly orders, 2025Top strain in Oregon7#2 nationwide7

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Ice Cream Cake vs Granddaddy Purple

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream Cake: median 22.17%, middle half 19.85%–24.70%, 2,489 tests 22.2% n=2,489 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Its own site

Granddaddy Purple, also sold as GDP, has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at granddaddypurplestrain.com.1

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 69 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Ice Cream Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 56 stores for Granddaddy Purple; around New York the counts were 84 and 58.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Granddaddy Purple (aka GDP) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 8 cannabis cultivars trending up in 2021 (David Downs) (2021-01-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Ice Cream Cake (aka Cake’n Cream) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.