Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and what better way to impress your loved one than with a fancy dessert make with freshly milled flour? Fresh Milled Chocolate Sailboats are not only delicious but also visually stunning.  The Unsifted Dessert Blend grain mills into a delicious pastry flour that elevates this cake into such a wonderful light and fluffy texture.  Your picky eating kid won't even realize they are eating whole grain goodness! In fact, they will probably beg you for seconds.

These Fresh Milled Chocolate Sailboats are sure to be the highlight of your Valentine's Day celebration. The combination of rich chocolate cake, velvety light whipped mousse, and delicate white chocolate sails creates a dessert that is as delicious as it is beautiful. Surprise your loved one with this impressive treat and your taste buds won't forget it either.

This recipe idea originated from my internship with the Hyatt Regency Pastry Kitchen in Jacksonville, FL.  It was an amazing internship and I have many fond memories making 800+ of these cakes for large banquets. I hope you make special memories with them as well.  Feel free to adjust the size of these cakes to your liking. There are lots of fun customizations possible!

If you give these a try let us know what you think and/or tag @unsifted.kc on Instagram to share it with others! We so appreciate you sharing Unsifted with those you love. It's such a blessing to us! 

Happy Unsifted Baking!
Keira

Unsifted Chocolate Sailboats

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HANDS-ON:  1 hour 30 minutes

TOTAL:  2 hours

YIELD:   ~16 sailboats (varies based on size)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Make chocolate cake rounds for base of dessert

Pro Tip: Choose larger pan for thinner cakes or pour all into single 9x13” pan for thicker cakes. Depending on your thickness you will have varied number of sailboats.  Note: There will be extra cake so you could use for something different or you could double the mousse and white chocolate portions and make additional sailboats :)

•       Follow the Unsifted Chocolate Cake recipe card up to pouring into a pan in Step 5
•       Grease two 9 x 13” pans and evenly into both pans
•       Bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
•       Remove from oven + cool for 10 minutes in pans
•       Turn cakes out onto parchment paper to cool
•       Once cooled, use a biscuit cutter (about 2-3") to cut out at least 16 cake rounds 

2.  Make sheet of hardened white chocolate for sails

•           Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper
•           To a saucepan, add  8 oz white chocolate bar 
•           Add 1 Tbsp coconut oil
•           Using medium-low heat, stir continually until melted
•           Remove from heat
•           Using spatula, thinly spread over parchment paper evenly
•           Place in fridge to harden at least 30 min

3.  Prepare homemade chocolate mousse

Pro Tip: Folding is a lifting and scooping motion that incorporates two mixtures while maintaining an airy quality. Use a large rubber spatula to cut through the center of the mixture.  Bring some up from the bottom and flip it over. Repeat scraping down the sides of the bowl, into the center, flipping, and repeating.

•        To a saucepan, add 2 cups chocolate chips
•        Add 1 cup heavy whipping cream
•        Turn heat to medium and stir continually until melted and smooth
•        Remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temp (about 15 minutes)
•        To mixing bowl, add 2 cups heavy whipping cream
•        Optional: Add ¼ cup powdered sugar + Add ½ tsp vanilla
•        Using electric mixer, beat until stiff peaks form
•        Slowly drizzle cooled melted chocolate into whipped cream and use spatula to fold into the whipped cream (you may also use mixer just won't be quite as airy)
•        Transfer mousse to piping bags (or Ziplock bags that you will cut a corner off of)

4.  Assemble Chocolate Sailboats

•       Use piping bag to pipe swirled piles of chocolate mousse on top of chocolate cake (adding it all the way to edge of cakes)
•       Remove white chocolate from fridge and break into roughly 1 x 5-inch pieces, or as desired
•       Place about 3 pieces of white chocolate around the outside of each cake, with the tops meeting in the middle standing upright

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STORAGE TIPS

Cooled chocolate cakes may be stored airtight at room temperature for 2-3 days or may be frozen until ready to be used.

Assembled cakes may be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

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FANCY PLATING TIPS

To add flair to this special dessert we highly recommend these tips for plating your treats:

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VARIATIONS

Find our delicious VARIATIONS + TIPS on our hard-copy recipe card that is COMING IN FALL 2025.

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