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Comparison

Lava Cake vs Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake, also known as Triangle Mints #23 and Pink Cookies, is a Triangle Kush × Animal Mints cross and was Leafly’s Strain of the Year for 2019; it shares no parent with Lava Cake.1,2 In state labs it tests higher: 23.01% median THC against 20.00% for Lava Cake.3

Side by side

Lava CakeWedding Cake
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming2,4Indica-hybrid; mostly calming1
LineageThin Mint GSC × Grape Pie2,5Triangle Kush × Animal Mints1
Median THC (state lab tests)20.00% (535 tests)23.01% (3,090 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.01%–22.57%20.25%–25.72%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene, Linalool (366 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, tingly2Relaxed, aroused, hungry1
FlavorPepper, mint, vanilla2Vanilla, pepper, butter1
Leafly ratings28822,7061

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

Lab-tested THC: Lava 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 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

A cross in common

Leafly lists Unicorn Cake from Cult Classics Seeds as a cross of Wedding Cake and Lava Cake, a balanced hybrid, 50% sativa and 50% indica. Jungle Lava from Jungle Boys adds Wedding Cake from another direction: SeedFinder lists its other parent, Jungle Cake, as White Fire #43 × Wedding Cake.6,7 Wedding Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at weddingcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 18 stores within 50 miles of Detroit listed Lava Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 35 stores for Wedding Cake; around Los Angeles the counts were 8 and 207.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) 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. Leafly, Unicorn Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Jungle Lava (Jungle Boys): strain info. 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.