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Comparison

Lava Cake vs Granddaddy Purple

Granddaddy Purple sits in Lava Cake’s family tree: Leafly lists it as a parent of Cherry Pie, which is a parent of Grape Pie, Lava Cake’s grape side.1,2,3 Leafly rates both mostly calming with sleepy among the top three effects; in state labs Granddaddy Purple tests lower: 17.87% median THC against 20.00% for Lava Cake.1,4,5

Side by side

Lava CakeGranddaddy Purple
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming4,6Indica; mostly calming1
LineageThin Mint GSC × Grape Pie4,7Mendo Purps × Skunk × Afghanistan; popularized by Ken Estes in 20031
Median THC (state lab tests)20.00% (535 tests)17.87% (512 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.01%–22.57%15.00%–21.55%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (366 tests)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene (55 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, tingly4Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FlavorPepper, mint, vanilla4Grape, berry, violet1
Leafly ratings28845,7271

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

Lab-tested THC: Lava Cake vs Granddaddy Purple

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Lava Cake Lava Cake: median 20.00%, middle half 18.01%–22.57%, 535 tests 20.0% n=535 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.5

Three generations apart

Leafly’s family trees run from Granddaddy Purple to Cherry Pie (with F1 Durb), from Cherry Pie to Grape Pie (with Grape Stomper) and from Grape Pie to Lava Cake (with Thin Mint GSC).1,2,3,4 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, 18 stores within 50 miles of Detroit listed Lava Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 9 stores for Granddaddy Purple; around Los Angeles the counts were 8 and 56.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Granddaddy Purple (aka GDP) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Cherry Pie strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Grape Pie strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Lava Cake strain information. 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. AllBud, Lava Cake marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps, Lava Cake (aka Black Rock Lava Cake, Lava Cake #11) strain page. 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.