Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake, AKA Birthday Cake Kush, is an uber-sweet cannabis strain with deeply physical relaxing effects and a generous cerebral buzz.

Birthday Cake is a specially selected phenotype of the famous Wedding Cake strain crossed with Cherry Pie. Wedding Cake is also known as Pink Cookies, which is a named phenotype for the Triangle Mints strain, which is a cross between Triangle Kush and Animal Mints. Animal Mints is made from Fire OG and Girl Scout Cookies. They crossed Animal Mints with Girl Scout Cookies again and then introduced the Blue Power strain to the mix. Blue Power is a cross between Sour Double, Master Kush, The White, and Blue Moonshine.

All in all, Birthday Cake is made from a big cross-bred family in the Cookies domain. It’s a phenotype chosen for its indica-dominant yet balanced physical and mental effects and extremely sweet and cakey flavor. It was first propagated by Seed Junky Genetics a couple of years back.

Birthday Cake Cultivation

Growing Birthday Cake is moderately difficult. Since she’s a very sticky strain that dumps hash, she tends to be more susceptible to powdery mildew. Her flowers are also extremely dense and heavy, making it crucial for you to bend and train her stalks so she’s strong enough to support the weight. Pruning is also crucial about halfway into the veg cycle when she reaches the second tier of trellis or netting so that she begins to focus more on flower production rather than foliage. Other than that, she grows pretty quickly and is ready to harvest after 7-9 weeks. Just make sure to keep an eye on humidity levels to avoid problems with mildew.

Birthday Cake Appearance

Before harvest, Birthday Cake is a beauty. She grows short and wide in typical indica fashion and displays deep, dark green water leaves during the veg cycle. Healthy plants will take on a so-green-it’s-almost-blue coloration. As she flowers, she develops light-colored flowers that range in shade from light green to near yellow. She is an extremely resinous strain, so her flowers always appear sticky and glossy. When harvested and dried, the flowers retain a light yellow shade and display bright red and orange pistils throughout a thick blanket of silvery-white trichome heads.

Birthday Cake Scent, Flavor, and Effects

Birthday Cake is sought after for its brilliant effects. Paired with a mouth-watering aroma and a delightfully creamy flavor, Birthday Cake is one of the most popular strains available in the US right now.

On the nose, the flowers are sweet and skunky. When she’s growing, she can stink up a room with this pungent stench that has a generous hint of vanilla and sweetness. During the dry and cure process, the aroma loses a bit of its punch. However, once her flowers are contained, the odor takes over any jar or container the dried flowers make it into. When the nugs are broken open, they take on a delectable fruity earthiness reminiscent of cannabis and bake sales.

When smoked, the initial impression is of sweetness and dank fruit, though the fruit flavor is usually overshadowed by sweeter, creamier notes. Like many other strains in the Girl Scout Cookies family, the smoke is very rich and creamy, making it extremely pleasant after dinner or any other time you have a sweet tooth. The exhale is a skunky vanilla flavor with a dash of sweet nuttiness. Ultimately, the final impression is literally one of a vanilla cupcake with some dank, herbaceous weed-flavor on the palette.

After the scents and flavors take hold, you can also expect the deeply relaxing effects of Birthday Cake to settle in. On average, Birthday Cake contains anywhere between 22-25% THC along with a full spectrum of terpenes, including b-Caryophyllene, which boosts the effects of THC since these terpenes act a lot like a cannabinoid on their own. With that in mind, the strain is best known for its deeply physically relaxing effects and non-sedative cerebral effect. The strain is good for helping you relax or managing pain, but it won’t make you feel stoned or couch-locked like many other indica-dominant hybrids do. Like most strains, side effects include dry mouth and eyes.