CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · LAYER CAKE
Layer Cake
2 independent sources put THC at 25.5%; 666 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14.6 to 30.9%; 8 recorded parents; 14 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Errl Cup, National Cannabis Championship and Connoisseur Cup.
Layer Cake is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Sweed Lab. Lab tests put its THC between 14.6 and 30.9% (the middle 80% of 666 flower samples). The terpenes most often reported are β-caryophyllene, limonene, trans β-farnesene. Recorded parents: Gmo × Gmo Cookies × Gmo Tk Skunk × Skunk 1 × Tk Skunk × Triangle Kush × Triangle Kush X Skunk 1 × Wedding Cake. Stated flowering time 49 to 63 days. 8 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
25.5%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources
14.6–30.9%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 666 samples
8
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
14
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
1/8
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
5
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 24% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich |
| 14.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 20.8% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 22.2% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 24.1% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 24.8% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 25.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 25.6% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 25.9% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 26.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 26.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, cannlytics_expand |
| 26.7% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
Lab range 14.6 to 30.9% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 666 flower lab samples, median 25.5%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 563 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: β-caryophyllene, limonene, trans β-farnesene, α-humulene, β-pinene, β-myrcene
1,086 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 30 non flower, 69 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 49 to 63 days | 3 | leafly_flat_grow, cropking, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Gmo | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,seedfinder |
| Gmo Cookies | 1 | leafly_parent_slugs:leafly_flat_enrich |
| Gmo Tk Skunk | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Skunk 1 | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Tk Skunk | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Triangle Kush | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Triangle Kush X Skunk 1 | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Wedding Cake | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,seedfinder |
14 descendants through recorded links, including Crude Cake, Fergana Valley Royal Kake, Hot Cake, Runtz X Layer Cake, Runtz X Layer Cake Feminized Seeds, Starcake Feminised Seeds 5, Double Baked Cake, Tiger Cake.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Errl Cup | Concentrate – Indica | 2nd | verified |
| 2024 | National Cannabis Championship | Grand Champion | 1st | unverified |
| 2024 | National Cannabis Championship | Terpene Champion | 1st | unverified |
| 2024 | National Cannabis Championship | Cannabinoid Champion | 1st | unverified |
| 2024 | National Cannabis Championship | Maryland State Champion | 2nd | unverified |
| 2021 | Connoisseur Cup | BEST OVERALL CAREGIVER FLOWER | 1st | unverified |
| 2021 | Connoisseur Cup | BEST HYBRID | 1st | unverified |
| 2020 | Jack Herer Cup | Best Neder Hash | 2nd | unverified |
No seed-bank award claims on record.
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
5 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: images.hytiva.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: Layer Cake, precursor-genetics/layer-cake, swamp-boys-seeds/layer-cake
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dossier layer-cake · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Layer Cake strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/layer-cake/