Cake #29
A dessert-leaning hybrid from Seed Junky Genetics that became a parent to Wedding Cake and a dozen modern dessert strains.
Cake #29 is one of those breeder-cut numbers that became famous mostly because of what it produced — Wedding Cake — rather than what it does on its own. Reliable, verified information about the cut is thin. Most of what's online comes from seed bank marketing and forum lore. Treat THC numbers, terpene profiles, and effect claims as unverified. The lineage story (Triangle Kush × Animal Mints) is widely repeated but not independently confirmed.
Overview
Cake #29 is a numbered phenotype selected by Seed Junky Genetics, the California breeder behind Wedding Cake, Kush Mints, and Gelato 33's commercial wave. The cut itself is far less circulated than its offspring, and most consumers will never encounter authentic Cake #29 flower — it functions mainly as breeding stock and a name on lineage charts.
Because the cut hasn't been distributed through clones-only channels with verifiable provenance, almost everything written about its smell, potency, and effects is downstream of marketing copy or hearsay No data. This article sticks to what can be sourced and flags the rest.
Chemistry
There is no published, peer-reviewed chemical analysis of Cake #29 specifically No data. Vendor pages list THC in the 20–25% range, but these numbers come from unverified seed-bank descriptions, not lab certificates of analysis tied to a documented cut.
Terpene claims vary by source — some list caryophyllene-dominant, others limonene- or linalool-leaning. None of these are backed by published data for this specific clone. For context, dessert-line hybrids in the Cookies/Cake family tend to show caryophyllene and limonene as common dominants in lab panels [1], but you cannot generalize that to a specific unverified cut Weak / limited.
If you see Cake #29 flower for sale, look at the actual COA on the jar rather than trusting the strain name. Chemovar tells you more than lineage [2].
Reported effects
No clinical studies exist on Cake #29 No data. There are no strain-specific clinical studies for essentially any cannabis cultivar — this is true industry-wide [1].
User reports describe a relaxing, mildly sedating, euphoric high typical of dessert hybrids Anecdote. These reports come from review sites with no verification that the reviewer actually had the real cut, no controls, and strong placebo and expectancy effects baked in [3].
The popular "indica vs sativa" framing — used to predict whether a strain will sedate or energize you — has been repeatedly shown to have little chemical or pharmacological basis [1][4]. Cake #29's effects, like any strain's, will depend on the actual cannabinoid and terpene profile of the specific batch in front of you, your tolerance, your dose, and your set and setting.
Lineage (disputed)
The widely repeated lineage is Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, with Cake #29 being one of several numbered phenos from that cross Disputed. This is the version Seed Junky and resellers have promoted, and it's the version that appears on most strain databases.
However:
- Seed Junky has not published verifiable breeding records.
- Some sources list different parents or different pheno numbering conventions.
- The relationship between Cake #29 and Triangle Mints #23 (the cut that became Wedding Cake) is described inconsistently — sometimes as siblings from the same cross, sometimes as related but distinct projects.
What's reasonably solid: Cake #29 is part of the same breeding program that produced Wedding Cake, and the Triangle Kush × Animal Mints cross is the generally accepted origin story Weak / limited. Treat the rest as breeder folklore until someone produces records or genetic testing.
Cultivation basics
Authentic Cake #29 clones are rare outside of breeder circles, so most grow reports describe seed-form crosses or mislabeled cuts. Generic notes for Cookies/Cake-family hybrids apply Weak / limited:
- Flowering: ~56–70 days indoor.
- Structure: Medium height, moderate stretch, dense flower formation.
- Feeding: Sensitive to overfeeding; tends to prefer moderate nitrogen and higher calcium/magnesium, like its Cookies-line relatives.
- Climate: Dense buds make it prone to bud rot (Botrytis cinerea) in humid late flower — keep RH below ~55% in weeks 7+ [5].
- Difficulty: Intermediate. Not particularly fussy, but the dense flower structure punishes humidity mistakes.
Yields and trichome production are reported as good, but again — without verifiable grow logs from documented cuts, treat specific numbers with skepticism.
Marketing vs. reality
What's marketing: Specific THC percentages on vendor pages, claims about "dominant terpene," "indica body high," or specific medical effects. The flower-shop-tier potency numbers in cannabis are also known to be systematically inflated [6].
What's real: Cake #29 exists as a breeder selection from Seed Junky Genetics and is part of the lineage tree that produced Wedding Cake and other commercially significant hybrids. Beyond that, most claims about it are downstream of marketing.
Practical advice: If a dispensary is selling something labeled Cake #29, the strain name tells you almost nothing useful. Ask for the COA, look at the actual cannabinoid and terpene numbers, and smell the jar. Those three data points will predict your experience far better than the name on the label.
Sources
- Peer-reviewed Smith, C. J., Vergara, D., Keegan, B., & Jikomes, N. (2022). The phytochemical diversity of commercial Cannabis in the United States. PLOS ONE, 17(5), e0267498.
- Peer-reviewed Hazekamp, A., Tejkalová, K., & Papadimitriou, S. (2016). Cannabis: From cultivar to chemovar II—A metabolomics approach to Cannabis classification. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 1(1), 202–215.
- Peer-reviewed Gertsch, J. (2018). Cannabimimetic phytochemicals in the diet – an evolutionary link to food selection and metabolic stress adaptation? British Journal of Pharmacology, 174(11), 1464–1483.
- Peer-reviewed Piomelli, D., & Russo, E. B. (2016). The Cannabis sativa versus Cannabis indica debate: An interview with Ethan Russo, MD. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 1(1), 44–46.
- Peer-reviewed Punja, Z. K. (2021). Emerging diseases of Cannabis sativa and sustainable management. Pest Management Science, 77(9), 3857–3870.
- Peer-reviewed Jikomes, N., & Zoorob, M. (2018). The cannabinoid content of legal cannabis in Washington State varies systematically across testing facilities and popular consumer products. Scientific Reports, 8, 4519.
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