Lava Cake

Lava Cake comes from Thin Mint GSC on one side and Grape Pie on the other, and this flower is named for it. Cannarado Genetics is the breeder named in our Lava Cake guide, which labels the strain an indica-leaning hybrid and adds that it also goes by Lava Cake #11.

Sugary dough, mint and grape on the nose

Freshly baked goods with notes of sugary dough is how consumers describe the smell, according to Leafly, which calls the flavour sweet with smooth, cakey terpenes and tags it pepper, mint and vanilla. AllBud says the name comes from the flavour: sweet and chocolaty with a lightly minty, fruity exhale, over an aroma of fruity pine and nutty herbs.

Steven De Guzman, who wrote a tip for our guide, expects sugary dough with a berry or grape sweetness and a buttery edge on the nose, followed by pepper, mint and vanilla.

Purple-flecked, grape-shaped nuggets

Growers cited by Leafly describe a dense, bulbous bud structure in rich purple and green with glistening trichomes. AllBud describes oversized, very dense, grape-shaped nuggets in olive green, with orange hairs and a frosty white coat of trichomes. In the same tip, Steven De Guzman says the buds should be dense and flecked with purple, wearing a thick trichome coat.

A light lift, then deep relaxation

Deeply relaxing is how Leafly describes the effects, with relaxed and tingly topping its reviewers’ tags. In AllBud’s account the high opens with a light lift, a touch of cerebral energy and euphoria, then moves to creative, reflective thought while the body settles into deep relaxation. AllBud users tag creative, euphoria, hungry, uplifting and relaxing.

Strength and terpenes

Caryophyllene tops Leafly’s terpene ranking, ahead of myrcene and humulene. Leafly puts THC at 22% (CBG 1%) and ranks the potency above average, while AllBud’s average is 15% to 18%. For a first inhaled session, the Health Canada page on lowering risks advises a puff or two on a product at 10% THC or lower.