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Genetics

Is Lava Cake indica or sativa? Its genetics and family tree

Lava Cake is an indica-dominant hybrid of Thin Mint GSC, one of the main sub-types of GSC, and Grape Pie, which Weedmaps calls Cannarado Genetics’ Colorado-bred cross of Grape Stomper and Cherry Pie.1,2,3,4 Weedmaps credits Lava Cake to Cannarado too, but Leafly names no breeder and SeedFinder files the original under unknown breeders; a different Lava Cake from 707 Seed Bank crosses Thin Mint Cookies with 707 Chemdawg.1,5,6,7

Family tree

  • Thin Mint GSCHybrid; one of the main GSC sub-types; OG Kush × F1 Durb
  • Grape PieIndica-leaning hybrid; Cherry Pie × Grape Stomper; Colorado

Lava Cake

  • Jungle LavaLava Cake × Jungle Cake
  • PB SouffleDosidos × Lava Cake
  • Unicorn CakeWedding Cake × Lava Cake
  • LandslideLava Cake #11 × Fleetwood Mac #100
  • DNA CakeGelato Sorbet × Lava Cake
  • Vanilla Lava CakeLava Cake × Vanilla Kush
Parents and offspring as reported by Leafly, Weedmaps and SeedFinder.1,3,8,9,10,11,12,13,14

The two parents

Thin Mint GSC, also called Thin Mint, Thin Mints and Thin Mint Cookies, is one of the main sub-types of GSC. Leafly lists its parents as OG Kush and F1 Durb, rates it mostly energizing and lists Lava Cake among its children; as Thin Mint Cookies it won Best Hybrid at the 2014 NorCal Medical Cannabis Cup.3,15

Grape Pie is an indica-leaning hybrid of Cherry Pie and Grape Stomper, which Leafly describes as a Gage Green Seeds cross of Purple Elephant and Chemdawg Sour Diesel; Leafly rates Grape Pie mostly calming.8,16 Weedmaps calls it Cannarado Genetics’ Colorado-bred cross, and SeedFinder says it picked up traction in Colorado thanks to Cannarado’s work and records a third place in the indica category at the 2018 Karma Cup.4,17

One name turns up on both sides of the family. Leafly lists F1 Durb, which its Purps genealogy describes as a cross by the Bay Area breeder Jigga, as a parent of Thin Mint and also of Cherry Pie, Grape Pie’s parent; Cherry Pie’s other parent is Granddaddy Purple.3,8,18,19

Who bred it? Accounts differ

Weedmaps says Cannarado Genetics created Lava Cake by crossing Thin Mint GSC with Grape Pie. The other databases we opened either name no breeder or file it as unknown.1,2,5,6

AccountWho says so
Cannarado Genetics created itWeedmaps5
No breeder namedLeafly’s strain page; AllBud1,2
Breeder unknown (“Unknown or Legendary”)SeedFinder, whose list of 292 Cannarado strains has no Lava Cake or Grape Pie6,20

Where Cannarado comes in

Cannarado’s name turns up around Lava Cake more than once. Weedmaps credits it with Grape Pie, SeedFinder says Grape Pie gained ground in Colorado through its work, and Leafly credits PB Souffle, a Dosidos × Lava Cake cross, to a collaboration of Phinest and Cannarado.4,10,17 Leafly’s David Downs called Cannarado Colorado’s biggest breeder in 2025.21

One name, two crosses

Most sources give the same pair of parents, written in either order. 707 Seed Bank’s Lava Cake is a different cross, sold as regular seeds, which SeedFinder describes as minty, chocolate and skunky, with the Thin Mint side dominant.7

VersionParentsWho says so
The common Lava CakeThin Mint GSC × Grape Pie (AllBud writes Grape Pie × Thin Mint Cookies)Leafly; Weedmaps; SeedFinder; AllBud1,2,5,6
707 Seed BankThin Mint Cookies × 707 Chemdawg; regular seedsSeedFinder7

Everything else on this site describes the Thin Mint GSC × Grape Pie Lava Cake unless it says otherwise; our lab data cannot tell the versions apart, since both are sold under one name.

How indica is it?

Every source puts Lava Cake on the indica side. Leafly’s page shows a Hybrid badge but calls it an indica-hybrid with mostly calming effects; Weedmaps calls it an indica-leaning hybrid; AllBud and SeedFinder give 70% indica and 30% sativa, as does Plantation Premium Seeds for its seed version, and Zamnesia calls its versions mostly indica and indica-dominant.1,2,5,6,22,23,24 The parents lean apart: Leafly rates Thin Mint mostly energizing and Grape Pie mostly calming.3,8

Cuts, names and seed versions

Weedmaps and AllBud list Lava Cake #11 as another name for the strain, and Leafly’s Landslide page names one of its parents “Lava Cake #11 (Tahoe Hydro Cut)”; Weedmaps also lists Black Rock Lava Cake. None of these sources explains the names.2,5,12

SeedFinder says the original was never sold as feminized seeds, and it lists five Lava Cakes from different breeders: feminized versions from Zamnesia, Blim Burn Seeds and Plantation Premium Seeds, 707 Seed Bank’s regular seeds and the original.6,7,22,23,25,26 Zamnesia also sells an autoflowering version that adds ruderalis to Thin Mint GSC × Grape Pie.24

Strains bred from Lava Cake

StrainCrossSource
Jungle LavaLava Cake × Jungle Cake, Jungle Boys; 70% indicaLeafly; SeedFinder9,27
PB Souffle (Peanut Butter Souffle)Dosidos × Lava Cake, Phinest with CannaradoLeafly10
Unicorn CakeWedding Cake × Lava Cake, Cult Classics SeedsLeafly11
LandslideLava Cake #11 (Tahoe Hydro Cut) × Fleetwood Mac #100, Lit FarmsLeafly; SeedFinder12,28
DNA CakeGelato Sorbet × Lava Cake, DNA GeneticsSeedFinder13
Vanilla Lava CakeLava Cake × Vanilla Kush; breeder not namedWeedmaps14
Afterburner, Apple Crisp, Fruitcake, Grape Lava Cake, Hot Dog OGLava Cake crossed with I-95 (Prima), Apple Fritter (TheHoneyCombFarms), Mango Broski (WeedboyGenetics), Grape Soda (James Loud Genetics) and DogWalker OG (Anthony Renee Genetics)SeedFinder6

SeedFinder counts 21 direct descendants of the original Lava Cake. Guava Lava is a different strain: Leafly lists it as Sherbert × Kauai Mints.6,29

Sources

  1. Leafly, Lava Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. AllBud, Lava Cake marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Thin Mint (aka Thin Mint GSC, Thin Mints, Thin Mint Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Grape Pie strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Lava Cake (aka Black Rock Lava Cake, Lava Cake #11) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Lava Cake (Unknown or Legendary): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Lava Cake (707 Seed Bank): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, Grape Pie strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Jungle Lava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Peanut Butter Souffle (aka PB Souffle) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Leafly, Unicorn Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  12. Leafly, Landslide strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  13. SeedFinder, DNA Cake (DNA Genetics): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  14. Weedmaps, Vanilla Lava Cake strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  15. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2024-04-09). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  16. Leafly, Grape Stomper (aka Sour Grapes) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  17. SeedFinder, Grape Pie (Unknown or Legendary): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  18. Leafly, Cherry Pie strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  19. Leafly, Pleased as Purple Punch: a “Purps” family genealogy (Amelia Williams) (2021-04-08). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  20. SeedFinder, Cannarado Genetics: breeder info and strain list. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  21. Leafly, David Downs’ sickest weed genetics picks of 2025 (2025-02-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  22. SeedFinder, Lava Cake (Plantation Premium Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  23. SeedFinder, Lava Cake (Zamnesia): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  24. Zamnesia, Lava Cake Autoflower (Zamnesia Seeds) feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  25. SeedFinder, All Lava Cake strains. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  26. SeedFinder, Lava Cake (Blim Burn Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  27. SeedFinder, Jungle Lava (Jungle Boys): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  28. SeedFinder, Landslide (Lit Farms): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  29. Leafly, Guava Lava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.