Baking is a lot more straightforward then cooking in my experience. Follow the recipe exactly and you’re good. Its when folks are like, “Oh I’m out of butter I’ll just use margarine it’ll be fine” that shit gets fucky. Cooking though? You can do a lot on vibes there and be fine.
Baking is a science. Cooking is art.
You wanna double the bacon in a BLT? Go for it.
You wanna double the flour in your muffins? Hope you like rocks.