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Ice Cream Cake vs Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake is one of Ice Cream Cake’s two parents: Seed Junky’s cross of Triangle Kush and Animal Mints, which the same breeder crossed with Gelato #33 to make Ice Cream Cake.1,2,3,4 In state labs Wedding Cake tests about the same: 23.01% median THC against 22.17% for Ice Cream Cake.5

Side by side

Ice Cream CakeWedding Cake
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid per Leafly; indica per Weedmaps3,6Indica-leaning hybrid; mostly calming1
LineageWedding Cake × Gelato #33, Seed Junky Genetics3,7Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, Seed Junky Genetics1,2
Median THC (state lab tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)23.01% (3,090 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.85%–24.70%20.25%–25.72%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry3Relaxed, aroused, hungry1
FlavorVanilla, butter, pepper3Vanilla, pepper, butter1
Leafly Strain of the YearNot a winner (2018–2024)820198

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.5

Lab-tested THC: Ice Cream Cake vs Wedding Cake

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.25%–25.72%, 3,090 tests 23.0% n=3,090 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.5

The same breeder

Seed Junky Genetics of Los Angeles bred both: Wedding Cake from Triangle Kush and Animal Mints, then Ice Cream Cake from Wedding Cake and Gelato #33.2,4,9 As Triangle Mints #23, Wedding Cake took Best Hybrid at the 2018 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup, and Leafly’s ranking of Wedding Cake strains puts Ice Cream Cake fourth, behind Wedding Cake, Papaya Cake and LA Kush Cake.2,10 Their top three terpenes, by median, come in the same order.5 In September 2026 Wedding Cake was the top-selling strain in Washington.11 Wedding Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at weddingcakestrain.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 207 stores for Wedding Cake; around New York the counts were 84 and 56.12

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Top 12 Wedding Cake strains of all time (Matt Jackson) (2024-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 8 cannabis cultivars trending up in 2021 (David Downs) (2021-01-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Ice Cream Cake (aka Cake’n Cream) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, A look back at past Leafly Strain of the Year winners (2026-02-27). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leaf Nation, Fire Follower: Seed Junky Genetics brings sexy Wedding Cake back (David Downs) (2026-08-03). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. The Marijuana Herald, The top-selling marijuana strain in all 23 states with legal recreational sales (2026-09-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  12. 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.