> Quick view: Gaji Coming, Secret Recipe's payday cake deal — 3 cake slices for RM29, or 4 for RM37 — ran for the last time this year on Thursday 29 October 2026, 12pm to 7pm. Secret Recipe's 29th-anniversary announcement described the October edition as the one that rounds off the year's Gaji Coming offers, and as of 11 November 2026 there is no November date on its Instagram or on Secret Recipe Malaysia's promotions page. If the pattern holds, the next one is a 2027 story. Until then, seven standing offers still get you a cake slice for less, listed below with their real prices and outlet rules.
Update — 11 November 2026: October was the last Gaji Coming of 2026
The October run landed on 29 October, a Thursday, during Secret Recipe's 29th-anniversary month. The terms were the same as September's, with the extended 7pm close kept:
- 3 cake slices for RM29, 4 for RM37, 12pm–7pm, dine-in and takeaway
- Prices quoted were takeaway prices; dine-in added the 10% service charge
- All slice categories while stocks last, except Brownies and Chocolate Lava
- Max 8 slices per receipt
- All Secret Recipe outlets in Malaysia except Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz. AEON Mall Taiping, which is left out of most Secret Recipe offers, was not on the October exclusion list.
The same month ran a 29 whole cakes contest on Facebook, Instagram and Threads (closed 31 October). Secret Recipe posted the winners on 8 November and asked them to DM their SR Rewards ID and contact details by 17 November 2026, 11:59pm to claim their cake vouchers.
The brand's 3 November Instagram carousel ("November's here, great deals appear!") lists the month's line-up: Lunch Set, WFH Sets, Pasta Main Course Promos, Bestie Thursdate and Jom Makan. Gaji Coming is not in it.
Every 2026 Gaji Coming date
- 29 April 2026 — 3 slices RM29 / 4 slices RM37
- 29 June 2026 — same prices
- 29 July 2026 — same prices, 12pm–5pm
- August 2026 — skipped; a one-day Merdeka Buy 2 Free 1 ran on 31 August instead
- 29 September 2026 — same prices, 12pm–7pm
- 29 October 2026 — same prices, 12pm–7pm, announced as the year's last
The deal always fell on the 29th and was announced on Instagram between two and ten days ahead. Prices never moved from RM29 and RM37 all year. Secret Recipe has not confirmed a 2027 schedule. Watch @secretrecipemy on Instagram around the 20th of each month in the new year.
The per-slice maths
- 3 for RM29: RM9.67 a slice takeaway, or RM31.90 for three if you dine in (10% service charge).
- 4 for RM37: RM9.25 a slice. The fourth slice costs only RM8. Dine-in is RM40.70.
- Against the regular price: Secret Recipe prints only one slice price in plain text on its site: the new Carrot Cake at RM13.50 a slice takeaway, plus 6% SST (RM14.31). Four Carrot Cake slices at Gaji Coming prices saved about RM20 on that basis.
- Against today's offers: the WFH Tea Set gets you a slice and a drink from RM15. Bestie Thursdate is RM26 for one slice and two drinks, all-in. Neither beats Gaji Coming once you want three or more slices.
Cake-slice deals live in November 2026 (re-read on Secret Recipe's own pages, 11 November)
- Bestie Thursdate — RM26 for 1 slice cake + 2 beverages (Signature Drinks, Coffee, Ice Blended, Milkshakes or Chocolate). Every Thursday, all day, dine-in, SR Rewards members who save the e-voucher in the app. All Malaysian outlets except AEON Mall Taiping and Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz. No Brownies or Chocolate Lava. Price includes SST and service charge. Re-posted on Instagram on 4 November.
- WFH Sets (SR Go! pick-up) — Tea Set: 1 cake slice + 1 selected beverage from RM15; Makan Set: 1 main course + 1 cake slice from RM22.50. Order on SR Go! for pick-up at any Peninsular outlet. Walk-in takeaway customers don't qualify. Prices include SST.
- Tea Time Special — one free beverage (Hot SR Ipoh White or Black Coffee, Tea in a Pot in Earl Grey, English Breakfast or Jasmine Green Tea, or Teh Tarik) with any slice cake, Shinjuku Bake, pie or pastry, or the Trio Platter. Dine-in, weekdays 3pm–6pm, not on public holidays. Peninsular Malaysia only, excluding Medini Mall and AEON Mall Taiping. No membership needed.
- Jom Makan — complete meals for groups: RM55 for 2, RM78 for 3, RM98 for 4 (mushroom soups, garlic herb rolls, mains and drinks), with one cake slice add-on at 10% off per set. Dine-in all day, prices include SST and service charge. Peninsular only, excluding AEON Mall Taiping and Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz.
- Lunch Set 2026 — a main and a drink from RM16.90, Monday to Friday 12pm–3pm excluding public holidays, dine-in. Add one slice at 10% off per set (not Chocolate Lava or Brownies). Peninsular only, same two outlet exclusions.
- Family Combo 2026 — still listed on the promotions page: soups, mains and drinks for 2, 3 or 4 from RM52 for 2, with the same 10%-off slice add-on.
- Carrot Cake + BlueBean sticker sheet — the new Carrot Cake is RM13.50 a slice or RM98 whole (takeaway, plus SST). Buy one slice or one whole cake in a single receipt and you get a free SR x BlueBean sticker sheet while stocks last. Peninsular outlets, paid at the counter, no split bills.
Two smaller ones: the new 118 Mall outlet (L3-56, Level 3) gives a free cake slice with a minimum spend of RM50, 1–14 November 2026, at that outlet only. And SR Rewards members get a free slice with any main course in their birthday month.
In Sabah and Sarawak, Bestie Thursdate is the only one of these offers that applies; the rest are Peninsular-only.
Who should wait for the next Gaji Coming, and who shouldn't
- Wait only if you need four or more slices and can hold off until Secret Recipe announces a 2027 date. Four for RM37 was the lowest per-slice price the brand ran all year.
- Don't wait if it's one slice and a drink for yourself. The WFH Tea Set (from RM15 on pick-up) or Tea Time Special's free drink covers it today.
- Don't wait if it's two people and one slice. Bestie Thursdate at RM26 runs every Thursday.
- Don't wait for a party in December. Gaji Coming has only ever covered slices, never whole cakes, so it was never the deal for a birthday cake.
The fine print that applied to every edition
- Dine-in and takeaway only; no delivery (GrabFood and the like didn't carry it)
- All slice categories, subject to stock; Brownies and Chocolate Lava excluded
- Max 8 slices per receipt
- 10% service charge on dine-in; the headline prices were takeaway
- Not combinable with other promotions, set meals, bank card offers or SR Rewards privileges, including Bestie Thursdate
