Ice Cream Cake Strain: What Does It Smell & Taste Like | Verilife (2024)

Ice Cream Cake is a very popular sweet-tasting hybrid strain with a complex bouquet of vanilla, herbal, and even skunky notes. Reminiscent of premium desserts, Ice Cream Cake isn't cannabis junk food: it is more like fine dining. Read on to learn more about this indica-dominant cultivar in our strain spotlight.

This strain is reported to be a cross between Gelato 33 and Wedding Cake, but some experts also mention that Ice Cream Cake might have Dream Cookie and Cheese Cake heritage. Whatever the exact hybrid origin is for this strain, the result is a dessert-like taste with definite vanilla overtones. Ice Cream Cake's genetic heritage also provides it with its relatively uncommon status as an indica-dominant hybrid.²

They don't call this cannabis strain "cake" for no reason. Consumers can detect aromas of cookie dough, floral undertones, and peppercorns. The dominant taste is sweet vanilla, along with some elements of oatmeal cookies. Some strain fans say Ice Cream Cake reminds them of Vanilla Kush, and mention its herbal notes along with a whiff of spiciness. However, even though it’s a sweet-tasting bud, it still has that slight skunky undertone of classic marijuana flower.²

This indica-dominant strain's taste, aroma, and other qualities as one of the popular vanilla strains have made it a top shelf strain. The popular experience offered by Ice Cream Cake has inspired breeders to create other strains that derive from this sweet, creamy hybrid. Here are some of our favorites:

Another indica-dominant hybrid, Deep Fried Ice Cream is a 70% indica and 30% sativa strain made by crossing Ice Cream Cake with Deep Breath. This strain has a sugary vanilla taste along with spicy, fresh mint and citrus overtones. Deep Fried Ice Cream's THC content varies between 16-22%, and its buds are dark olive green with deep purple undertones and yellow-orange hairs.³

Growers crossed Ice Cream Cake with Sherb BX1 strains to create Sherb Cream Pie, a 70% indica and 30% sativa strain that blends creamy cake tastes with citrus lemon gelato. Sherb Cream Pie averages around 22-28% THC, making it a significantly strong strain. With large spade-shaped green nugs and golden crystal trichomes, Sherb Cream Pie also has a pine and spicy skunk odor.⁴

Have more questions? We have answers!

Is Ice Cream Cake an indica or a sativa?
Ice Cream Cake is an indica-dominant hybrid strain of cannabis that blends 75% indica and 25% sativa traits.

Is Ice Cream Cake a potent strain?
Most consumers would consider Ice Cream Cake to be a moderately potent cannabis strain at 20-25% THC.

How can I buy Ice Cream Cake?
Visit your local dispensary, where they can offer you choices of Ice Cream Cake flower and vapes.

At the dispensary, talk to your budtender about Ice Cream Cake's qualities and options for flower or vapes. They will be glad to assist you to purchase Ice Cream Cake and find any other cannabis strains that interest and appeal to you.

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