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Comparison

Gelato 45 vs Ice Cream Cake

Ice Cream Cake is Wedding Cake × Gelato #33, so its Gelato side is Gelato 45’s sister cut, Larry Bird; Leafly users call it sleepy, relaxed and hungry, where Gelato 45 draws relaxed, euphoric and happy.1,2,3 It tests higher in state labs: 22.17% median THC across 2,489 tests, against 19.65% for Gelato 45 from only 53 tests, a small sample.4

Side by side

Gelato 45Ice Cream Cake
TypeHybrid; mostly calming per Leafly, 55% indica per AllBud3,5Indica-dominant hybrid1
LineageA numbered pick from Sunset Sherbet × GSC seeds; Leafly writes GSC × Sherbet3,6,7Wedding Cake × Gelato #331
Median THC (state lab tests)19.65% (53 tests); small sample22.17% (2,489 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.12%–21.26%19.85%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, Linalool (10 tests), all from Nevadaβ-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, euphoric, happy3Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FlavorPepper, menthol, earthy3Vanilla, butter, pepper1
Flowering70 days (Barney’s Farm seeds); 9–10 weeks (Weedmaps)7,88–9 weeks1

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

Lab-tested THC: Gelato 45 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 45 Gelato 45: median 19.65%, middle half 18.12%–21.26%, 53 tests 19.6% n=53 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Gelato 45 has only 53 tests.4

A child of the sister cut

GreenState credits Gelato 33, Larry Bird, with creating Ice Cream Cake, which it calls a top-selling strain in the US, and Leafly files Ice Cream Cake among its 100 best strains for feeling relaxed.9,10 Ice Cream Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at icecreamcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 20 stores within 50 miles of Oklahoma City listed Gelato 45 flower on Weedmaps, against 38 stores for Ice Cream Cake; around Minneapolis the counts were 13 and 7.11

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Leafly’s 2018 Strain of the Year (Will Hyde) (2018-12-28). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Gelato 45 (aka G45) 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 #45 marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps, Gelato #45 (aka Gelato 45) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. GrowDiaries, Gelato #45 by Barney’s Farm: breeder description and grow reports. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. GreenState, Famed Gelato strain breeder clears the air on imposters (Cara Wietstock) (2024-05-23). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). 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.