London Poundcake by Cookie
Coming straight out of the Cookies Fam breeding stable, London Poundcake—or LPC to the regulars—is one of those hype strains that actually lived up to the noise. Bred by crossing the legendary Sunset Sherbet with an unknown, heavy-hitting indica, this one was purpose-built to deliver a decadent dessert profile. A lot of folks in the community are dead set on the mystery parent being a particularly potent phenotype of Girl Scout Cookies, though cuts like London Poundcake #75 specifically claim a Nip OG lineage. Either way, it set a massive benchmark in the California market for what a modern, flavor-forward polyhybrid should be.
When you get a real cut of LPC going in the room, it's a visual absolute stunner. The buds form into these dense, spade-shaped boulders that look like they've been rolled in powdered sugar. You'll see a mix of deep forest greens clashing against violent purple calyxes, completely smothered in a greasy layer of trichomes. As far as the terps go, it literally smells like a bakery. You get loud notes of sweet berries and grape on the front, followed by a heavy, buttery, lemon-dough finish. Some growers hunting through seeds will occasionally find a pheno that leans into a more earthy, diesel musk, but the prized cuts are all about that sweet pastry funk.
On the forums, guys running the true cut note that she's surprisingly straightforward to grow if you have your environment dialed in. She yields heavily and dumps resin, but those rock-hard nugs mean you've got to watch your humidity late in flower or you'll be fighting bud rot. Because the Cookies crew put this out, the market got flooded with knock-offs and S1s claiming to be the real deal. But veteran growers will tell you that if you manage to track down a verified clone of the original, you'll be running a plant with off-the-charts bag appeal and a heavy, euphoric stone that sits squarely in the high 20s for THC.
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Similar strains
| Breeder | Cookie |
|---|---|
| Type | mostly indica |
| Environment | Outdoors |
| Lineage | Sunset Sherbert × Indica |
| Descendants | Whirled Peas, Papaya Pound Cake, Pancakes, Swooner, Ooh La La, Cruz Cake, Cheetah Piss, LPC 75 x Wedding Cake, PB Poundcake, Tangerine Borealis, Pancakes, London Poundcake x F1 Durb x Gushers, Project 007, Pink Pound Cake, Tacocat, Candy Rain, Strawberry Dawg Pound, Weave Match, White Chicz |
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Growing London Poundcake: what to expect
As an indica-leaning plant, expect a modest stretch after the flip (roughly 50–100%) and dense bud structure — which makes late-flower humidity discipline the main risk: keep RH in the 40s once buds fatten to stay ahead of mold. Growers familiar with Sunset Sherbert or Indica will recognize much of its behavior. Whatever the listing says, the cut in YOUR tent is the ground truth: log feedings, readings, and photos, and let the trends — not the label — drive decisions.
London Poundcake FAQ
Is London Poundcake an indica or a sativa?
London Poundcake is listed as mostly indica.
What are the parents of London Poundcake?
London Poundcake was bred from Sunset Sherbert × Indica by Cookie.
What environment does London Poundcake like?
Standard cannabis bands work well: VPD 0.8–1.1 kPa in veg and 1.0–1.4 kPa in flower, with humidity stepping down from 65–75% as a seedling to 40–50% in late flower. See the stage-by-stage table on this page.
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