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Comparison

Gelato 45 vs Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake is not a relative: Leafly lists it as Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, also sold as Triangle Mints #23 and, in Canada, Pink Cookies.1 The two share an aisle and, on Leafly, a peppery, caryophyllene-dominant profile; Wedding Cake tests higher in state labs: 23.01% median THC across 3,090 tests, against 19.65% for Gelato 45 from only 53 tests, a small sample.1,2,3

Side by side

Gelato 45Wedding Cake
TypeHybrid; mostly calming per Leafly, 55% indica per AllBud2,4Indica-leaning hybrid1
LineageA numbered pick from Sunset Sherbet × GSC seeds; Leafly writes GSC × Sherbet2,5,6Triangle Kush × Animal Mints1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.65% (53 tests); small sample23.01% (3,090 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.12%–21.26%20.25%–25.72%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, Linalool (10 tests), all from Nevadaβ-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, euphoric, happy2Relaxed, aroused, hungry1
FlavorPepper, menthol, earthy2Vanilla, pepper, butter1
Leafly dispensary orders, 2025Not ranked7#37

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

Lab-tested THC: Gelato 45 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 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.3

On the sales charts

Wedding Cake was Leafly’s Strain of the Year in 2019.1 It was #3 in Leafly dispensary orders in 2025 and the top-selling strain in Washington in September 2026, lists on which Gelato 45 does not appear.7,8 Wedding Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at weddingcakestrain.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 35 stores for Wedding Cake; around Minneapolis the counts were 13 and 0.9

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato 45 (aka G45) 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, Gelato #45 marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Gelato #45 (aka Gelato 45) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. The Marijuana Herald, The top-selling marijuana strain in all 23 states with legal recreational sales (2026-09-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. 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.