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Comparison

Lava Cake vs LA Kush Cake

LA Kush Cake shares no parent with Lava Cake, but Leafly lists the same three flavors for both, vanilla, mint and pepper; it is a Wedding Cake × Kush Mints cross from Liberty Health Sciences and Seed Junky Genetics.1,2 It tests higher in state labs: 25.39% median THC against 20.00% for Lava Cake, and both lab samples lean on Nevada.3

Side by side

Lava CakeLA Kush Cake
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming2,4Indica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming1
LineageThin Mint GSC × Grape Pie2,5Wedding Cake × Kush Mints; Liberty Health Sciences and Seed Junky Genetics1
Median THC (state lab tests)20.00% (535 tests)25.39% (770 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.01%–22.57%22.57%–28.31%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (366 tests)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, Linalool (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, tingly2Aroused, relaxed, sleepy1
FlavorPepper, mint, vanilla2Vanilla, mint, pepper1
Share of lab tests from Nevada68.2%347.4%3

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

Lab-tested THC: Lava Cake vs LA Kush Cake

20% 24% 28% LA Kush Cake LA Kush Cake: median 25.39%, middle half 22.57%–28.31%, 770 tests 25.4% n=770 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.3

Two Cakes called #11

Leafly lists LA Kush Cake #11 among LA Kush Cake’s other names, while Weedmaps and AllBud list Lava Cake #11 for Lava Cake, so a label with #11 on it needs its full name read.1,4,5 LA Kush Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at lakushcake.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 18 stores within 50 miles of Detroit listed Lava Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 13 stores for LA Kush Cake; around Los Angeles the counts were 8 and 28.6

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Sources

  1. Leafly, LA Kush Cake (aka Los Angeles Kush Cake, LA Kush Cake #11) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Lava Cake 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. AllBud, Lava Cake marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Lava Cake (aka Black Rock Lava Cake, Lava Cake #11) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. 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.