If I want to bake a specific cake, I'm going to follow the recipe. If I change anything, then it's not the same cake anymore.

[Spoken as someone who has spent too much time obsessively following recipes and videos on the internet to get the exact look and design displayed.]

Now, if I wanted to make my own cake, why would I both with this at all? I'll do whatever I want. So I'd say you're being more adventurous.