What makes a Jewish apple cake Jewish? Is it the apple used, the cake style or something else? Does "Jewish" modify apple or cake? Please help resolve an office dispute. Thanks.

grandmother doesn’t talk to me since my husband is Catholic, but that’s another story entirely... BTW- Jews eat apples (with honey) on New Years to have a sweet year- hence the appropriateness of making an apple cake....

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