And how it should taste at this stage of the process. It needs experience to try some dough and extrapolate from it how the cake/bread/... will taste after baking it. Same with many sauces, for example. Things change when mixed with pasta, potatoes, veggies, meat. A sauce is much stronger without them. If you taste it and are inexperienced you may think "just right" and the dish will end up terribly bland.
Don't overthink. If it tastes good to you, fantastic. Only after that, if you want it, should you spend time trying to figure out how to make it taste like it is "supposed" to taste.
