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Comparison

Ice Cream Cake vs LA Kush Cake

Both are Wedding Cake crosses from Seed Junky Genetics: Ice Cream Cake adds Gelato #33, while LA Kush Cake adds Kush Mints and, per Leafly, came from Seed Junky with Liberty Health Sciences.1,2 LA Kush Cake tests higher in state labs: 25.39% median THC against 22.17% for Ice Cream Cake.3

Side by side

Ice Cream CakeLA Kush Cake
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid per Leafly; indica per Weedmaps1,4Indica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming2
LineageWedding Cake × Gelato #33, Seed Junky Genetics1,5Wedding Cake × Kush Mints; Seed Junky Genetics with Liberty Health Sciences2
Median THC (state lab tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)25.39% (770 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.85%–24.70%22.57%–28.31%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, Linalool (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry1Aroused, relaxed, sleepy2
FlavorVanilla, butter, pepper1Vanilla, mint, pepper2
Leafly THC listing22%123%2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Ice Cream Cake vs LA Kush Cake

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% 28% 30% LA Kush Cake LA Kush Cake: median 25.39%, middle half 22.57%–28.31%, 770 tests 25.4% n=770 Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream Cake: median 22.17%, middle half 19.85%–24.70%, 2,489 tests 22.2% n=2,489 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

Two Wedding Cake children

Leafly lists both as Wedding Cake offspring, and its ranking of Wedding Cake strains puts LA Kush Cake third and Ice Cream Cake fourth.6,7 At the 2019 Emerald Cup both won Regenerative Farms awards, Ice Cream Cake for mixed-light flower and LA Kush Cake in the personal-use category.8 In September 2026 LA Kush Cake was the top-selling strain in Alaska.9 LA Kush Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at lakushcake.com.

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 28 stores for LA Kush Cake; around New York the counts were 84 and 17.10

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, LA Kush Cake (aka Los Angeles Kush Cake, LA Kush Cake #11) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Ice Cream Cake (aka Cake’n Cream) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Top 12 Wedding Cake strains of all time (Matt Jackson) (2024-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Sonoma Index-Tribune (sonomanews.com), Winners of the 2019 Emerald Cup: the whole list (2019). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. The Marijuana Herald, The top-selling marijuana strain in all 23 states with legal recreational sales (2026-09-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. 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.