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Is Cake Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026)

Varies by state

As of November 12, 2026, the contents on file for Cake are Delta-8 THC e-liquid (Cake vape products), per a Ninth Circuit opinion, Delta-8 THC (Cake 3.0 gram disposable, Wedding Cake) and THC-A (Cake GLOW 3.0 gram disposable, Live Nectar Sauce). Judged product by product, by the law on file for each product’s ingredients: Cake vape e-liquid (court record) (Delta-8 THC) is illegal in 30, restricted in 14, gray area in 6, legal in 1; Cake Delta 8 3.0 g disposable (Delta-8 THC) is illegal in 30, restricted in 14, gray area in 6, legal in 1; Cake GLOW 3.0 g disposable (THCa (flower / raw plant record; no vape record on file)) is illegal in 36, restricted in 7, gray area in 4, legal in 4 of 51 jurisdictions. Official actions on file: 3 (Court record, May 19, 2022, Court record, April 12, 2024 and Court record, November 21, 2024).

Derived only from the ingredients on file (label or official source, as marked) and the law on file for each. Checked November 6, 2026.
Maker
AK Futures LLC
Category
delta-8 THC disposable vapes and cartridges
Product pages
delta8resellers.com/product/cake-delta-8-disposable-vape
delta8resellers.com/product/cake-glow-thc-a-disposable-vape-3g

Official and scientific findings (3)

  • Court record, May 19, 2022: In AK Futures LLC v. Boyd Street Distro, LLC (No. 21-56133), the Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction for the maker of Cake-branded delta-8 THC vape products against alleged counterfeits, finding its delta-8 THC e-liquid likely fits the 2018 Farm Bill definition of hemp.
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  • Court record, April 12, 2024: A class action complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court (Lovelace v. AK Futures, LLC d/b/a CAKE) alleges that Cake GLOW and STAX disposable vapes contained more than 0.3% delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis despite Farm Bill compliance claims. These are allegations, not findings.
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  • Court record, November 21, 2024: A class action complaint in the Central District of California (Hernandez v. WM Wholesale, LLC d/b/a Cake Brand, No. 8:24-cv-02553) alleges that Cake delta-8 disposables and cartridges labeled under 0.3% delta-9 THC contain more than that amount. These are allegations, not findings.
    Read the court record

What is in it: label and official sources

The maker store (cakebrand.com) showed no products on 2026-11-06, so two box fronts were read by hand from retailer product photos found through image search: Cake Delta 8 3.0 g disposable and Cake GLOW 3.0 g disposable (THC-A). These are retailer photos, not the maker’s page; Cake products are widely counterfeited, and a separate Cake line is sold as licensed cannabis in California. A 2022 Ninth Circuit opinion names AK Futures LLC as maker of Cake-branded delta-8 THC vape products; a 2024 complaint names WM Wholesale, LLC d/b/a Cake Brand at the same Orange, California address.

  • Delta-8 THC e-liquid (Cake vape products) · under 0.3% delta-9 THC per the maker’s sworn declaration, as described by the court · Is Delta-8 THC legal?
    Source: a Ninth Circuit opinion
  • Delta-8 THC (Cake 3.0 gram disposable, Wedding Cake) · box front reads Delta 8 + 3.0 gram disposable device; no other cannabinoid named (retailer product photo) · Is Delta-8 THC legal?
    Label source
  • THC-A (Cake GLOW 3.0 gram disposable, Live Nectar Sauce) · box front reads THC-A Live Nectar Sauce, 3.0 gram disposable device (retailer product photo) · Is THCa legal?
    Label source

Only ingredients disclosed on the label or identified by an official source (FDA, another government agency or lab, an accredited lab or a court record) are listed, each with its source. Compound Laws does not guess at undisclosed contents.

Cake ingredients by state

Cake vape e-liquid (court record)

Delta-8 THC: illegal in 30, restricted in 14, gray area in 6, legal in 1 of 51.

LegalRestrictedGray areaIllegalNot yet verified

Cake Delta 8 3.0 g disposable

Delta-8 THC: illegal in 30, restricted in 14, gray area in 6, legal in 1 of 51.

LegalRestrictedGray areaIllegalNot yet verified

Cake GLOW 3.0 g disposable

THCa (flower / raw plant record; no vape record on file): illegal in 36, restricted in 7, gray area in 4, legal in 4 of 51.

LegalRestrictedGray areaIllegalNot yet verified

Each map shows the strictest status among that product’s ingredients. In the list, the dot is the strictest product in that state.

Cite this page

Compound Analytics. “Is Cake Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026).” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/brands/cake/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

Compound Laws, published by Compound Analytics, reports the record: statutes verbatim, official citations, enforcement facts and verification dates. Nothing here is legal advice and nothing here describes how to get around a law. A jurisdiction with no verified row is reported as not yet verified, never as legal. Found an error? Corrections policy.

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