MANILA, Philippines — Looking at the photo of this recipe will entice you to hit the kitchen and try your hands on it. The heart-shaped shortcrust cake — or, technically, shortcrust pie — looks so ...

I have a confession to make. I don't like to make pie crust. I can. I have. I do. I don't like to, so I don't. I buy ready-made pie crusts. And doing so has several benefits. First, my husband is ...