diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/cached.py b/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
index 2d670522d..707e684a0 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ def cat(
     def _open(self, path, mode="rb", **kwargs):
         path = self._strip_protocol(path)
         if "r" not in mode:
-            fn = self._make_local_details(path)
+            hash = self._mapper(path)
+            fn = os.path.join(self.storage[-1], hash)
             user_specified_kwargs = {
                 k: v
                 for k, v in kwargs.items()
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
index 091e6caf5..aa1ac2223 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
@@ -1313,3 +1313,17 @@ def patched_put(*args, **kwargs):
     assert m.cat("myfile") == b"1"
     assert m.cat("otherfile") == b"2"
     assert called[0] == 1  # copy was done in one go
+
+
+def test_filecache_write(tmpdir, m):
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem(
+        "filecache", target_protocol="memory", cache_storage=str(tmpdir)
+    )
+    fn = "sample_file_in_mem.txt"
+    data = "hello world from memory"
+    with fs.open(fn, "w") as f:
+        assert not m.exists(fn)
+        f.write(data)
+
+    assert m.cat(fn) == data.encode()
+    assert fs.cat(fn) == data.encode()