The Samoa Cupcake at Sift Cupcakes & Dessert Bar, $3.25
Another childhood throwback, The Samoa over at Sift is reminiscent of the famed Girl Scout cookie of the same name. This decadent number, crafted out of coconut cake, a chocolate-ganache filling, caramel frosting, and rolled in toasted coconut, also holds bragging rights as a Cupcake Wars champ! Coconut not your thing? Go for The Battle Royale, instead. It's an almond cake with blueberry tequila filling, topped with acai-berry cream-cheese frosting. Or, yanno, just get both. We did.
Sift Cupcakes & Dessert Bar, 2411 California Street (off of Fillmore Street); 415-580-3030.