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Comparison

Lava Cake vs Ice Cream Cake

The two share a name ending and one ancestor: Thin Mint GSC is a parent of Lava Cake and of Gelato #33, Ice Cream Cake’s other parent besides Wedding Cake.1,2,3 Leafly rates both mostly calming; in state labs Ice Cream Cake tests higher: 22.17% median THC against 20.00% for Lava Cake.1,3,4

Side by side

Lava CakeIce Cream Cake
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming1,5Indica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming3
LineageThin Mint GSC × Grape Pie1,6Wedding Cake × Gelato #333
Median THC (state lab tests)20.00% (535 tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.01%–22.57%19.85%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (366 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, tingly1Sleepy, relaxed, hungry3
FlavorPepper, mint, vanilla1Vanilla, butter, pepper3
Leafly THC listing22%122%3

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

Lab-tested THC: Lava Cake vs Ice Cream Cake

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 Lava Cake Lava Cake: median 20.00%, middle half 18.01%–22.57%, 535 tests 20.0% n=535 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Where the families meet

Leafly lists Gelato #33, a balanced hybrid it also calls Gelato Kush, as a cross of Sunset Sherbet and Thin Mint GSC, and Ice Cream Cake among its children; Thin Mint GSC is a grandparent of Ice Cream Cake and a parent of Lava Cake.2,7 Ice Cream Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at icecreamcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 18 stores within 50 miles of Detroit listed Lava Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 78 stores for Ice Cream Cake; around Los Angeles the counts were 8 and 69.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Lava Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato #33 (aka Gelato Kush) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. 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. AllBud, Lava Cake marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Lava Cake (aka Black Rock Lava Cake, Lava Cake #11) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Thin Mint (aka Thin Mint GSC, Thin Mints, Thin Mint Cookies) strain information. 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.