Sift Dessert Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

1. Sift Dessert Bar

8.0
2411 California St (at Fillmore), San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · Lower Pacific Heights · 44 tips and reviews

Aaron D.Aaron Draczynski: Make sure to try the Stud Muffin cupcake: a Lagunitas beer cake with salted caramel frosting and bacon bits on top.

Micaila T.Micaila Taylor: The Peanut Butter Ripple cupcake was the best chocolate peanut butter cupcake I have ever had.

kaikai: Might be my new favorite cupcake place. The cheesecake cupcake with raspberry was not overly sweet, but still decadent! The craft of their cupcakes are awesome!

SusieCakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

2. SusieCakes

8.7
2109 Chestnut St (btwn Pierce & Steiner St.), San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · Marina District · 63 tips and reviews

Veronica H.Veronica H: By far the best cupcakes in the city! Love the lemon or coconut!

RachelRachel: OMG the seasonal Guinness Stout and Bailey's cupcake is out of this world!!! I should've just ordered a dozen of those.

Priya S.Priya Saiprasad: My goodness - winner of the most buttery cupcake frosting award. Love it! I'm a huge fan of the notorious red velvet and the slightly less recognized vanilla cupcake.

Miette Patisserie is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

3. Miette Patisserie

8.4
1 Ferry Building Ste 10 (The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Financial District · 69 tips and reviews

Dakota K.Dakota Keck: get the old fashioned cupcake. and a lollipop for the road!

savoryexposure.comsavoryexposure.com: Get an old-fashioned cupcake, my favorite!

JoAnne K.JoAnne Kao: Try the Assorted cupcakes - Love their cakes!

Kara's Cupcakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

4. Kara's Cupcakes

7.5
3249 Scott St (btwn Lombard & Chestnut St.), San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · Marina District · 44 tips and reviews

Kitzzy A.Kitzzy Aviles: Try the Fluer de Sel cupcake: chocolate cupcake with caramel filling, chocolate ganache frosting and fleur de sel (salt)

Julian GutierrezJulian Gutierrez: Red velvet cupcakes are great!

Christina B.Christina Boggs: My mini carrot cupcake was awesome! Moist, lots of carrots and nuts and rasins, oh my!

Miette Patisserie is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

5. Miette Patisserie

8.2
449 Octavia St (at Linden St), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Hayes Valley · 55 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: We love the Gingerbread Cupcake, made with molasses, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and dark stout beer, topped with a tangy-sweet cream cheese frosting. Read more.

Eli F.Eli Felicitas: The best cupcakes! Mmmmm!!

AFAR MediaAFAR Media: Arranged like art, Miette takes candy displays and packaging to a new level. For the perfect gift bring home some licorice, cupcakes, artisan chocolates, and caramels in perfect little packages. Read more.

Cups and Cakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

6. Cups and Cakes

7.4
451 9th St (btwn Harrison & Bryant St), San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · SoMa · 15 tips and reviews

Arlynn A.Arlynn A: Bring your cupcake box back in and get a free mini cupcake!  Go Green! 

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Try the Coconut S'mores Cupcake - coconut cake topped with chocolate ganache and toasted marshmallow. The coconut flavor is brilliant in combination with the chocolate and toasty marshmallow flavor. Read more.

Alex B.Alex Bosworth: Best cupcake store ever

Noe Valley Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

7. Noe Valley Bakery

8.8
4073 24th St (btwn Castro & Noe St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Noe Valley · 56 tips and reviews

Paulo S.Paulo Santos: Get the mini cupcakes... Seriously! Philz Coffee is just up the street too!

YasminYasmin: Super friendly staff with fresh pastries, cupcakes and cakes. The brown sugar blueberry muffin is so good, as is their pumpkin or gingerbread scones. Asiago bread is good, sometimes a lil too salty.

Ashley R.Ashley Rose: Carrot cake cupcake

La Luna Cupcakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

8. La Luna Cupcakes

7.3
50 Post St (Crocker Galleria), San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 4 tips and reviews

Dolly K.Dolly Kriengprarthana: Officially opening Monday, March 11 inside Crocker Galleria on 1st Level. Free mini cupcake sampling today.

Andrew D.Andrew De la rosa: Try the Tres Leches cupcake!

Jennifer P.Jennifer Plopan: The green tea cupcake was great... Not too sugary like a lot of other cupcake places.

Stonestown Farmers Market is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

9. Stonestown Farmers Market

8.8
3251 20th Ave, San Francisco, CA
Farmers Market · Stonestown · 21 tips and reviews

Alicja D.Alicja Dwornik: best to come in the morning before it gets too crowded. the kettle corn is the best so are the mini cupcakes for $1

Joanne F.Joanne Fong: Get one of the seasonal flavor cupcakes at the Teeny Cakes booth

Mimi T.Mimi Toyama: The best farmers market in sf. Mushroom stand, persimmons, jujubees, bakery stand, honey guy, tea guy, date lady, and the empanadas (get the chimichanga sauce)

Wholesome Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

10. Wholesome Bakery

7.5
299 Divisadero St (Page), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Buena Vista · 7 tips and reviews

Izabelka K.Izabelka Konstanciak: Awesome cupcakes! Really good brunches!

Steven W.Steven Wakuu: Gluten free, dairy free, vegan, low glycemic load... these are perfect for anyone with dietary restrictions! Favorites: Almond load & lavender cupcakes.

Emily P.Emily Pankosky: Absolutely love the cupcakes. Favorites include the dulce de leche and anything with the chocolate cake base. Also had an oatmeal cookie sandwich here which was so so tasty

Susiecakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

11. Susiecakes

8.1
50 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA
Cupcake Shop · Financial District · 1 tip

Cristian A.Cristian Anca: Nice, tasty and light cupcakes.

Loving Cup is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

12. Loving Cup

8.1
2356 Polk St (at Union St.), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Polk Gulch · 71 tips and reviews

j z.j z: coffee rice pudding -- good! Not to impressed with their cupcakes... Read more.

Mollie U.Mollie Uma: The red velvet cupcakes, whether eaten outright or first used for nefarious purposes, are delicious.

Reed J.Reed Jones: I get the yogurt, check the specials. Once they had a full "carrot cupcake" mixed in; it was ridiculous and I loved it!

Noe Valley Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

13. Noe Valley Bakery

8.9
28 West Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA
Bakery · West Portal · 9 tips and reviews

Charlene N.Charlene Naughton: Tried a dipped cupcake, chocolate croissant, and honey milk tea. All were perfect!

Tyee D.Tyee D: Ham and cheese croissant or butter croissant is delicious. Great airy bright interior.

Sam W.Sam Weller: The bread is awesome but the cheesecake was just ok. I asked for an extra hot cappuccino and got a lukewarm coffee at best

Ghirardelli Square is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

14. Ghirardelli Square

8.5
900 N Point St (btwn Polk & Larkin St), San Francisco, CA
Shopping Plaza · 256 tips and reviews

Kay V.Kay Vierra: Lines are way too long and slow for Cupcakes and not enough staff for wine upstairs at Cellar 360 so I walked out after 15 minutes

Andrea P.Andrea P: Get a cupcake at Kara's. The Ghirardelli and Fleur de Sel are favorites

Emilio M.Emilio Martínez: It's a touristy place, and it can get really crowded during weekends. People make long lines for ice cream, but I recommend trying the Kara's Cupcakes better.

SPARC SF is one of The 15 Best Places for Cupcakes in San Francisco.

15. SPARC SF

8.8
1256 Mission St (btw 8th and 9th), San Francisco, CA
Marijuana Dispensary · SoMa · 25 tips and reviews

Library VixenLibrary Vixen: Bliss cupcakes so good.

Library VixenLibrary Vixen: Try the cupcakes!

katie s.katie s: Go for the outdoor 1/4s... sooooo dank and good for the budget too. <3 blue dream, also the harlequin is a great cbd... fun to mix with a sativa. Jazz nite on Mondays! :)