Hot Fudge Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 ounce) package devil's food cake mix, without pudding
1 1/3 cups water
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
2 cups hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
vanilla ice cream (optional)
chopped pecans (optional)

Preparation

Prepare cake batter according to package directions-- mix the cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil until well blended.
Pour into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch pan.
Stir together sugar and next 3 ingredients; pour over batter (it will sink to bottom of pan).
Do not stir.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes.
Serve with vanilla ice cream and chopped pecans.