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Comparison

Gelato vs Ice Cream Cake

Ice Cream Cake is Gelato’s child: Wedding Cake × Gelato #33, bred by Seed Junky, and an indica-dominant hybrid that Leafly users call sleepy where Gelato is called relaxed and euphoric.1,2,3 It tests about the same in state labs: 22.17% median THC against 21.58% for Gelato.4

Side by side

GelatoIce Cream Cake
TypeHybrid; evenly balanced per Leafly, 55% indica per AllBud3,5Indica-dominant hybrid1
LineageSunset Sherbert × Thin Mint GSC3,6Wedding Cake × Gelato #331
Median THC (state lab tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.91%–24.70%19.85%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, aroused, euphoric3Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FlavorSweet, flowery, pepper3Vanilla, butter, pepper1
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)38–9 weeks1

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

Lab-tested THC: Gelato 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 Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Its own site

Leafly files Ice Cream Cake among its 100 best strains for feeling relaxed.7 It has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at icecreamcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, at least 202 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Gelato flower on Weedmaps, against 69 stores for Ice Cream Cake; around New York the counts were 125 and 84. “At least” marks a market where the search hit its page limit.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, The 12 best Gelato crosses of all time (Matt Jackson) (2024-10-22). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Gelato (aka Larry Bird, Gelato #42) 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, Gelato marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Sherbinskis, Sherbinskis: home of the original Gelato. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). 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.