There is nothing in application.css.
I have put a file named “cake.generic.css” in app/assets folder. If i load the home page the cake.generic.css is loading and working staraightway. Why is it working. I didn’t set this path in application.html.erb.
<head>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
check this:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/279-understanding-the-asset-pipeline
http://railscasts.com/episodes/282-upgrading-to-rails-3-1