Mika Takeuchi
ScoutWho says cupcakes are out of style? Not the throngs of dessert fiends that have made Sift Cupcakes a Wine Country success story. Last year, Sift became the only Bay Area dessert shop to win Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” and lucky for those in Pac Heights, the SF district is a whole lot sweeter with the opening of the newest Sift on the corner of Fillmore and California. Staple selections include The Battle Royale (Almond cake with a blueberry tequila filling, acai berry cream cheese frosting) and Limonatta (lemon cake, with a lemon curd filling and Meyer lemon buttercream frosting). You’ll also find French macarons, cruffles (cake and frosting blended together and dunked in chocolate), salted caramel krispy cakes, profiteroles, ice cream sammys, whoopie cookies, and cake shakes.