Tiger Cake

Tiger Cake flower comes from a cross of Layer Cake and The Menthol that Leafly credits to the breeder Compound Genetics. Leafly’s write-up calls the strain rare and potent.

Layer Cake, The Menthol and an even split

AllBud names the same two parents and describes Tiger Cake as evenly balanced, half indica and half sativa, and Leafly files it as a hybrid. Leafly’s write-up also suggests the strain for high-end aromatic resin extractions. Our indica, sativa and hybrid guide looks at what those labels really mean.

Spade-shaped nugs with purple leaves

AllBud describes large, heavy, spade-shaped nugs, forest green with bright undertones, along with purple leaves, fine orange pistils and small gold-white crystals. One Leafly reviewer describes dense, lighter-green nugs with a creamy diesel smell and light hints of blueberry.

Cream, menthol and a diesel edge

Leafly tags the flavour as blueberry, menthol and diesel, and its write-up mentions vanilla and cream as well. AllBud describes a sweet, creamy taste with nutty vanilla-cookie notes and a rich menthol-tobacco exhale, and an aroma that brings in citrus-lemon and woody pine. One Leafly reviewer describes a flavour of mostly creamy, gassy diesel with a little blueberry, and another likens the sweet, creamy taste to coffee cake.

Limonene leads the terpenes in the Strain Science section of Leafly’s page, followed by caryophyllene and pinene. Our limonene explainer covers that citrus terpene.

THC figures and a careful first puff

Leafly gives Tiger Cake about 23% THC and 1% CBG, and AllBud’s range is 24% to 30% THC. Leafly reviewers most often tag Tiger Cake euphoric, creative and happy, and it averages 4.7 there across 9 ratings. AllBud describes a high that arrives as soon as the smoke is exhaled: a heavy, happy euphoria first, physical relaxation next and a sharp hunger to finish. AllBud voters give it 4.6 from 22 votes.

Next to those figures, Health Canada sets its lower-risk starting point low: start with 1 or 2 puffs of a product carrying 10% THC or less. Inhaled cannabis begins to work within seconds or minutes, it says, yet reaching the peak can take as long as half an hour. For anyone planning to drive, its lower-risk guidelines ask for a gap of 6 hours or more after cannabis.