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Comparison

Wedding Cake vs Gelato

Gelato is not a relative but a neighbor: a hybrid of Sunset Sherbet and Thin Mint GSC that Leafly named its first Strain of the Year in 2018, a year before Wedding Cake.1,2 The two meet in their children, Ice Cream Cake and Gelato Cake, and Gelato tests lower in state labs: 21.58% median THC against 23.01% for Wedding Cake.3,4,5

Side by side

Wedding CakeGelato
TypeIndica-leaning hybrid; Leafly rates it mostly calming6Evenly balanced hybrid; mostly calming per Leafly1
LineageTriangle Kush × Animal Mints (Triangle Mints #23)6,7Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC1
Median THC (state lab tests)23.01% (3,090 tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)
Middle half of THC results20.25%–25.72%18.91%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, aroused, hungry6Relaxed, aroused, euphoric1
FlavorVanilla, pepper, butter6Sweet, flowery, pepper1
Leafly Strain of the Year2019220182
California flower sales, Jan–Nov 2024#4, $15.7 million8#3, $16 million8

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

Lab-tested THC: Wedding Cake vs Gelato

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 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.5

Their shared children

Ice Cream Cake is Wedding Cake × Gelato #33 and Gelato Cake is Gelato #33 × Wedding Cake, both indica-dominant per Leafly; seeds sold as Wedding Gelato combine the two again, as Wedding Cake × Gelato × Gelato 33 in Royal Queen Seeds’ version.3,4,9 In Leafly’s 2025 dispensary orders Wedding Cake ranked #3 nationally and Gelato #6.10 Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gelatostrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 207 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Wedding Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 202 stores for Gelato; around New York the counts were 56 and 125.11

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Gelato (aka Gelato 42, Larry Bird, Zelato) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, A look back at the Leafly Strain of the Year hall of fame (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-27). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Gelato 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. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps, Wedding Cake (aka Pink Cookies) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Cannabis Business Times, The top 10 bestselling flower strains in California in 2024 (Tony Lange) (2024-12-30). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Royal Queen Seeds, Wedding Gelato feminized seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. 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.