Wedding Cake strain: its two family trees and the strains it started

The Wedding Cake strain comes with two family trees. Cannabis Now traces the cut that made the name famous to Seed Junky Genetics’ Triangle Mints, a cross of Triangle Kush and Animal Mints, while many menus list Wedding Cake as a cross of the original Cookies and Cherry Pie. It is usually described as earthy and floral with a sweet, creamy edge.

It has also become a parent to a whole shelf of newer strains. Here is the record, the smell and where Vibe carries it.

Last reviewed: November 2026.

Wedding Cake strain history and lineage

The short version: according to Cannabis Now, the Wedding Cake that Alien Labs got from the Jungle Boys in 2016 is a clone-only phenotype of Triangle Mints, which Seed Junky Genetics bred from a Triangle Kush mother and an Animal Mints father. The same report credits the Wedding Cake nickname to the Jungle Boys, and says Alien Labs’ Wedding Cake took first place in the hybrid category at the Sacramento Cannabis Cup in early 2018.

Many menus and seed listings give a different tree: a cross of the original Cookies and Cherry Pie, sometimes sold as Birthday Cake. That may describe a different plant sold under the same name, so don’t assume every Wedding Cake or Birthday Cake jar is the Triangle Mints cut. Cookies itself, the original Girl Scout Cookies, is usually traced to OG Kush crossed with the South African landrace Durban Poison.

For a shopper the useful record is the producer on the jar, because a California grower running one cut and a grower who started from seeds may be selling noticeably different plants under the same name.

What does Wedding Cake taste and smell like?

Wedding Cake is usually described as earthy and floral with a sweet, creamy edge. Its descendants are described in similar terms: Hype Cannabis Co. says it built its Ice Cream Cake from Gelato 33 and Wedding Cake to keep that sweet terpene profile, and describes its Wedding Cake cross Sugar Mill as creamy vanilla and sweet citrus with a mint undertone.

Wedding Cake buds are usually dense and heavily frosted, and that frost is the first thing most people notice when the jar opens. It runs through the family, too: Hype describes the purple and green blooms of its Ice Cream Cake as heavily covered in trichomes.

Treat a terpene line on the label as a clue, not a recipe; a 2025 PLOS ONE study found terpene profiles alone did a poor job of predicting aroma. If peppery, gassy notes are what you love, our gas strains guide covers more of them.

Is Wedding Cake indica or sativa?

Indica-dominant is how it is usually sold. Treat that as a description of the plant’s family, not a forecast of how it will feel. A 2022 PLOS ONE study of commercial flower found that indica, sativa and hybrid labels did not consistently match the chemistry of the samples, so the label’s cannabinoid and terpene figures tell you more.

Effects vary from person to person and batch to batch. Check the label, start low and wait before having more. The DCC’s responsible-use page covers the basics, including never driving after use. For medical questions, talk to a doctor.

Why is Wedding Cake so popular?

Part of it is timing. It arrived as the Cookies family was reshaping top-shelf flower, and its frosted look made it easy to recognize. The rest is what breeders did with it. Hype Cannabis Co.‘s strain library lists three family strains: Ice Cream Cake, from Gelato 33 and Wedding Cake; Sugar Mill, from Gorilla Glue #4 and Wedding Cake; and Gelato Cake, from Ice Cream Cake and Gelato, which makes it Wedding Cake’s grandchild. Hype describes Gelato Cake’s buds as forest green, covered in trichomes and dense orange hairs.

Our Ice Cream Cake guide follows the best known of them, and the Gelato 48 guide covers the Gelato family it was crossed with.

You may also see Bliss Cake, Sweet Cake or Wedding Cookies on menus. We found no published record tying those names to Wedding Cake, so read the producer and lineage on those jars on their own.

How strong is Wedding Cake, and where to find it

There is no single THC figure for Wedding Cake. The number that applies to you is on the jar: the DCC flower-label checklist shows what every California flower label must show, including that batch’s cannabinoid content.

Wedding Cake is easy to find at Vibe. At the time of writing, our Pigeon Pass, Redding, Sacramento, Stockton and Ukiah stores carry Wedding Cake flower from growers including Buzznug, Cannabiotix, Claybourne Co. and Mr. Zips, plus Wedding Cake pre-rolls, Raw Garden live resin sauce and several vapes. If you want to try its best-known descendant, Hype Cannabis Co.’s Ice Cream Cake cured resin all-in-one is in all six of our California stores. Check your store’s menu, since stock changes daily.

Pick your Vibe store to see what is on the shelf, and visit our learn hub for more on lineage and labels.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Hype Cannabis Co.: strain library
• PLOS ONE 2025: a proposed cannabis aroma lexicon
• PLOS ONE 2022: commercial cannabis labels and chemistry
• DCC: flower labeling checklist
• DCC: responsible cannabis use
• Cannabis Now: Alien Labs blasts off

For adults 21+ (18+ with a physician’s recommendation in California). Keep out of reach of children and pets. Do not drive or operate machinery after use.